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Bankman-Fried loses bid to get out of jail, appeals court will hear case

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Aug. 11 revoked Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail after finding that the former billionaire likely tampered with witnesses at least twice.

By REUTERS
06/09/2023

Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed, is intimidating witnesses, prosecutors say

"What the defendant may not do... is seek to corruptly influence witnesses and interfere with a fair trial through attempted public harassment and shaming," prosecutors said.

By REUTERS
29/07/2023

US wants FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried jailed pending trial

The purpose of Wednesday's hearing was in part to consider what Kaplan called "the adequacy and continuation of the current bail conditions."

By REUTERS
26/07/2023

'Verified human': Worldcoin users queue up for iris scans

Worldcoin's data-collection is a "potential privacy nightmare," said the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a US privacy campaigner.

By REUTERS
25/07/2023

Prosecutors accuse FTX's Bankman-Fried of witness tampering

The prosecutors argued that Bankman-Fried was trying to malign Ellison's credibility, and that such conduct could chill witnesses from testifying and taint the jury pool.

By REUTERS
21/07/2023

Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Islamic State - report

The owner of the two Islamic State-linked Binance accounts seized by Israel was a 28-year-old Palestinian called Osama Abuobayda.

By REUTERS
04/05/2023

Dogecoin jumps as Musk's Twitter flips logo to Shiba Inu dog

Elon Musk asked a US judge on Friday to throw out a $258 billion racketeering lawsuit accusing him of running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.

By REUTERS
04/04/2023

FTX's Bankman-Fried charged with $40 million bribe to Chinese officials

The indictment said Bankman-Fried ordered the $40 million cryptocurrency payment to a private wallet from Alameda's main trading account, to persuade Chinese authorities to unfreezeAlameda accounts

By REUTERS
28/03/2023

People who posted Sam Bankman-Fried's bail should be named - US judge

Bankman-Fried has been confined at his parents' home in California, after pleading not guilty to fraud for allegedly looting billions of FTX customer dollars.

By REUTERS
31/01/2023

'I didn't steal funds,' Sam Bankman-Fried says in unusual post-arrest blog post

Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of bankrupted FTX, has shared his side of the crypto-drama in an unusual blog post.

By REUTERS
12/01/2023
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