Bankman-Fried’s defense? ‘No theft occurred’
After a few hours of unproductive cross-examination, Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense team took a different approach: see if the judge will...
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SBF Trial: Judge reprimands defense counsel in Ellison cross-examination
Sam Bankman-Fried’s former business associate Caroline Ellison appeared today for her third day of testimony in the former FTX CEO’s...
White-collar defense lawyer weighs in on SBF trial: ‘If I had to place a wager…’
Federal prosecutors have come out swinging in their case against Sam Bankman-Fried, a route one white-collar defense lawyer believes could...
SBF defense petitions court to let them bring up Anthropic investment
Late Tuesday, attorneys for Sam Bankman-Fried presented two letters to the Southern District Court of New York, addressing pivotal elements...
What is going on with Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense?
Former FTX CEO Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried has been on trial since Oct. 3 in a federal court in New York,...
How Bitcoin Mining Monetizes Grid Resilience, A National Defense Matter
Winter is coming, and with that means a shifting of demands for power and a reshuffling of power generation capacity....
SBF Trial Day 2 – Prosecution’s opening statement paints SBF as a fraud mastermind, Defense claims complete innocence
The second day of Sam Bankman-Fried trial began with the continuation of the jury selection process, which was concluded within...
Sam Bankman-Fried sues insurance company for defense costs as trial opens
As the final preparations for the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried were underway in Manhattan, attorneys for the embattled former FTX...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense seeks to block Ukrainian witness testimony
One of the key arguments put forth by SBF’s legal team was based on the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause. They...
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Cannot Blame Lawyers in Opening Statement, but Can Raise Defense Later: Judge
In his ruling, the judge said the phrasing of the various filings raise questions about "what would constitute 'undue' focus...