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The witnesses are Lawrence Akka, a British barrister, Thomas Bishop and Joseph Pimbley, who are with different consulting firms, Brian Kim, a data analytics and forensics expert, Bradley Smith, a law professor at Capital University Law School and Andrew Di Wu, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan. Source
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"And as part of the originally charged money laundering scheme, the defendant also concealed the source of his fraudulent proceeds through political straw donations," the DOJ said. "As the Government will outline in its forthcoming motions in limine, the evidence of the defendant’s campaign finance conduct is admissible at trial
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Top Stories This Week The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem experienced a challenging week after a seismic security incident led to over $61 million being stolen from Curve Finance’s pools, leaving several protocols facing broader contagion risks. This attack exposed
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has asked for Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of FTX, a now-defunct exchange, to be detained. The request was made in a letter addressed to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's defense isn't denying that he shared former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison's diary with the New York Times, and so he should be "detained pending trial," the U.S. Department of Justice said again in a filing late Thursday. Source
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The United States Department of Justice is reportedly considering charging cryptocurrency exchange Binance with fraud, but hesitating based on costs to consumers.According to an Aug. 2 Semafor report citing people familiar with the matter, Justice Department officials are concerned about an indictment against Binance causing a run on the exchange
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In a letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) sought the revocation of Sam Bankman-Fried's (SBF) bail, accusing him of attempting to tamper with witnesses, including leaking his ex-girlfriend's diary entries to the New York Times (NYT). These actions, connected to the FTX case, have
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"The defendant’s leaking of Ellison’s private writings is yet another instance of the defendant trying to intimidate and corruptly persuade Ellison with respect to her upcoming trial testimony, as well as an effort to influence or prevent the testimony of other potential trial witnesses by creating the specter that their
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"The Government has been informed that The Bahamas notified the United States earlier today that The Bahamas did not intend to extradite the defendant on the campaign contributions count," the DOJ letter said. "Accordingly, in keeping with its treaty obligations to The Bahamas, the Government does not intend to proceed
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According to the DOJ's attorneys, they need that time to process a wealth of Celsius’ corporate records and communications, including the 1,200 videos of Mashinsky’s and other Celsius executives' ask-me-anything sessions, many of which are more than an hour long. Original Source
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