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The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried: an unrepentant ex-mogul faces down decades in prison

The former CEO of FTX, once a king of cryptocurrency, saw a swift reversal of his fortunes starting in November 2022

The Guardian - US

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

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

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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

Jury begins deliberating fate of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried

A New York jury has begun deliberating whether FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was guilty of fraud in the disappearance of billions of dollars from his customers' accounts on the cryptocurrency exchange

The Independent UK

Here are 3 of the most damning documents in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, according to the prosecution’s final rebuttal

The jury is set to deliberate Thursday afternoon after the judge instructs them on how to weigh the evidence.

Fortune

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 Guardian - US

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Sam Bankman-Fried makes himself out to be an absentee CEO in new testimony

The FTX cofounder tried to distance himself from the hole in FTX’s balance sheet.

Fortune

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

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.

WEKU

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.

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried’s infamous media tour backfires as prosecutors wield his own words against him

The FTX founder chose a strategy of selective amnesia to avoid answering questions.

Fortune

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 Independent UK

Prosecutor takes aim at Sam Bankman-Fried's credibility at trial of FTX founder

A prosecutor has attacked the credibility of Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony at his fraud trial, confronting him over whether he was truthful during his public appearances after FTX filed for bankruptcy last year

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SBF testifies that while he worked up to 22 hours per day, he was pulled in many directions and wishes he had a ‘better understanding’ of tracking FTX’s assets

SBF ‘word salad’ responses didn’t go over too well in the courtroom.

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried stumbles through cross-examination—and he wasn’t even in front of the jury

In an unusual hearing without the jury present, the disgraced crypto founder faced an unrelenting prosecution.

Fortune

The last week of FTX, according to the private messages of Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, and Nishad Singh

“I just had an increasing dread of this day that’s been weighing on me for a long time,” Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, texted Bankman-Fried.

The Guardian - US

Caroline Ellison’s testimony against Sam Bankman-Fried: five key takeaways

The former Alameda CEO offered stunning testimony against her ex-boyfriend and failed crypto mogul being tried for fraud

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Sam Bankman-Fried accused of scoffing and laughing as ex-girlfriend testified

Judge asks Bankman-Fried’s lawyer to ‘have a word with him’ after prosecutors complain of possible intimidation

Fortune

Sam Bankman-Fried laughed, scoffed, and visibly shook his head during Caroline Ellison’s second-day testimony, prosecutor tells judge

The FTX founder’s alleged behavior stands in contrast to how he’s previously reacted to other witnesses.

Fortune

Caroline Ellison’s latest testimony included utilitarianism, Saudi money, Thai prostitutes, and ended in tears: ‘The worst week of my life’

“Rules like 'don’t lie' or 'don’t steal' didn’t fit in that framework,” the former Alameda CEO said of Sam Bankman-Fried’s utilitarianism.

The Guardian - US

Caroline Ellison says she felt ‘relief not to have to lie any more’ after FTX collapse

Former Alameda Research CEO describes in teary testimony how her ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried led her to commit fraud

The Independent UK

Star witness Caroline Ellison starts testimony at FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trial

The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has taken a star turn as his former fellow top executive and ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison began testifying against him

The Guardian - US

‘Math nerd’ or crypto criminal? Question at heart of Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial

Prosecutors have depicted a malicious financial mastermind, but his defense says he’s just a wayward boy genius. Which will jurors believe?

The Guardian - US

Sam Bankman-Fried was not surprised by $8bn FTX shortfall, key witness says

Gary Wang says Bankman-Fried had ‘neutral demeanor’ when told crypto exchange had lost billions days before collapse

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