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Though the trial is scheduled to begin next month, there's still some time before the actual arguments are made. The first step, which may occur as soon as next week, is a final pretrial conference where Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan will lay out what a final
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The Sam Bankman-Fried Trial Is a Family Affair Original Source
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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is scheduled to ask a 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to order his release from a New York prison weeks before the start of a trial where he faces seven criminal charges. Bankman-Fried and his attorneys will have five minutes to convince a trio of
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Sam Bankman-Fried stands accused of committing wire fraud and conspiracy to commit several other types of frauds. His once-mighty crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed in dramatic fashion nearly a year ago, shedding billions in value. And in two weeks, he’ll begin his effort to convince a jury of his peers that
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The lawyer responsible for laundering $400 million from the OneCoin fraud has been denied a motion seeking a new trial, despite a prosecution witness having perjured themselves in the trial against him in 2019.According to a Sept. 18 report from Bloomberg, 54-year-old lawyer Mark Scott argued that he didn’t know
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In a 15,000-word document revealed by The New York Times, the disgraced crypto entrepreneur tried to share his point of view on what happened to FTX. Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX who’s charged with fraud over its collapse, wrote 15,000 words of what seems to
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Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of the collapsed exchange Mt. Gox, seems to have little in the way of sympathy for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who’s been trying to get released from prison to prepare for his upcoming trial, citing poor internet. “When I was arrested back in 2015, the
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Former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried will likely remain behind bars while until his Oct. 3 trial commences after a United States District Court judge denied his request for temporary release.Judge Lewis A. Kaplan explained on Sept. 12 that Bankman-Fried's lack of internet access in prison to prepare for his upcoming
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The prosecution and defense both requested a September or October trial date, which the judge granted. While the defense team had a chance to request a postponement of the trial date, which is currently set to begin October 3, no such request was made, the judge added. Original Source
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"The function of the jury is to decide questions of fact," the DOJ's proposed questions suggested the judge say. "You are the sole judge of the facts and nothing that the Court or the lawyers say or do may encroach in any way on your role as the exclusive fact-finder.
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