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Sam Bankman-Fried ‘doubled down’ by buying Binance’s stake in FTX — US prosecutors

Federal prosecutors claimed Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried “doubled down” on using customers’ funds when he purchased Binance’s $2 billion stake in FTX in 2021. According to United States government attorneys, Bankman-Fried paid for the buyout with funds from FTX customers.The prosecution is delivering its closing arguments on Nov. 1 at the

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Prosecutors rest their case as Sam Bankman-Fried prepares to testify

Attorneys representing the United States Justice Department rested their case against Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried after more than three weeks of expert witnesses and testimonies from former FTX and Alameda employees. According to reports from the courtroom on Oct. 26, the U.S. government’s last witness before resting was FBI agent Mark Troiano,

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Prosecutors argue ‘effective altruism’ inadequate in Bankman-Fried case

In the fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, prosecutors have requested the judge to inform the jury that the defendant's assertion that he is an effective altruist should not serve as a legitimate defense. Bankman-Fried faces allegations of misappropriating billions of dollars from FTX customers for personal purposes, such as political

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Sam Bankman-Fried $500M Anthropic stake irrelevant to case, prosecutors say

United States prosecutors have requested the court presiding over Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial to bar his legal team from making any arguments relating to the potential recovery of FTX customer assets invested in Anthropic.Bankman-Fried invested $500 million in the artificial intelligence startup in April 2022. The U.S. government is set to

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Sam Bankman-Fried appeal against bail revocation ‘meritless’: Prosecutors

The United States Attorney's Office has filed an affirmation of the denial of bail to former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, claiming that he could attempt witness tampering, and stating that no release conditions would assure the safety of the witnesses. Prosecutors responded to several claims made in his appeal against

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