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Is Bankman-Fried The Luckiest One? DOJ Reveals Plan To Not Pursue Additional Charges

Bankman-Fried was expected to be prosecuted on six additional charges, including unlawful political campaign contributions, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, substantive securities and commodities fraud, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business and charges of conspiracy to bribe foreign officials.

International Business Times

Fast Times at FTX High

Here’s a look back at the graduating class from the financial fraud of the century.

Fortune

Bankman-Fried forced to trade mackerel for prison haircut

The tinned fish is reportedly one of the most popular items from the jail commissary

The Independent UK

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FTX claims Bybit, one of world’s largest crypto exchanges, used VIP status to pull hundreds of millions of dollars during collapse

The bankruptcy estate is trying to claw back nearly $1 billion in its latest lawsuit.

Fortune

Dramatic fall for Sam Bankman-Fried and ‘unkempt visionary’ persona

Jury did not believe T-shirt, cargo shorts and messy hair could prevent someone defrauding people out of billions of dollars

The Guardian - US

When will Sam Bankman-Fried be sentenced?

Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried faces a maximum sentence of 110 years in prison

The Independent UK

How Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend helped topple the crypto king

Sam Bankman-Fried is staring down 25 years behind bars after he was convicted on all charges at his fraud trial. His former girlfriend – and accomplice – Caroline Ellison played a key role in bringing him down. Martha McHardy reports

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From crypto king to convicted fraudster: Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular fall from grace

The once-hailed ‘boy wonder’ of the crypto industry rose to prominence after founding trading firm Alameda Research in 2017 at the age of 25. So what went wrong? Bevan Hurley looks back at Bankman-Fried’s remarkable rise – and even more dramatic fall as he begins his 25-year prison sentence

The Independent UK

FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried may die behind bars as he’s convicted of all charges

Cryptocurrency founder was once worth $26bn

The Independent UK

Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty On All Seven Charges In Criminal Trial

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven criminal charges for his role in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.

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Shattered wunderkind image: five key takeaways from Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial

The trial of the FTX founder has ended after a month with a guilty verdict. What did we learn?

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of defrauding FTX customers out of billions

The prosecutor said that ‘while the cryptocurrency industry might be new … this kind of corruption is as old as time’

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried is found guilty of all charges in FTX's spectacular collapse

The conviction marks a spectacular fall from grace for a once shining star in finance. He faces decades in prison.

WEKU

Coinbase Stock Rises After Earnings, Crypto Futures Launch; Bankman-Fried Found Guilty On All Counts

Coinbase stock climbed Friday after earnings, launching crypto futures offerings. FTX CEO Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven counts.

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The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial testimony: six key takeaways

FTX founder, once the darling of Washington and Silicon Valley, blamed his ex-girlfriend and said ‘I do not recall’ a lot

The Independent UK

A fake courtroom sketch of a hulking Sam Bankman-Fried has gone viral – the court artist is far from impressed

‘You know that AI doesn’t work in courtroom art,’ the actual courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg tells Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

Closing arguments next in FTX founder Sam Bankman's fraud trial after his testimony ends

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has undergone a final barrage of questions from a prosecutor aimed at showing that he's not being honest about how $8 billion of his customers' funds disappeared, setting the stage for final arguments

The Independent UK

An AI courtroom sketch of a hulking Sam Bankman-Fried has gone viral – the court artist is far from impressed

‘You know that AI doesn’t work in courtroom art’

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The Guardian - US

Buff and hulking or small and meek? Courtroom artist on sketching Sam Bankman-Fried

Jane Rosenberg’s viral illustrations paint a changing picture of the crypto mogul as his trial continues

WEKU

Sam Bankman-Fried took a big risk by testifying in his own trial. It did not go well

The former FTX CEO was keen to convince jurors he did not intend to commit any crimes — but he stumbled frequently under withering questioning by the prosecution.

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried wraps up testimony as fraud trial nears end

Prosecutors press Bankman-Fried on how Alameda Research, sister hedge fund to FTX exchange, spent $8bn of customer funds

Fortune

Bankman-Fried’s lieutenants say he directed them to commit crimes. He portrayed himself as a hands-off CEO wary of being ‘distracting’

The FTX founder took the stand for a second day of cross-examination on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Prosecutors accuse Sam Bankman-Fried of being two-faced on stand

Discrepancies between SBF’s public and private statements come into sharp focus under cross-examination, reports Bevan Hurley from the courtroom

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried denies messy hair part of ‘tech genius’ persona during trial

Disgraced former CEO of crypto exchange FTX admits to disparaging regulators on third day of testimony

The Guardian - US

Prosecutor grills Sam Bankman-Fried about his hair and tech genius persona – as it happened

Prosecutor appears to highlight Sam Bankman-Fried’s style as part of an eccentric tech whiz persona as part of a bigger ruse

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