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Bankman-Fried has 91 days to file a brief
Bankman-Fried was convicted last year on fraud and conspiracy charges.
He was sentenced last month. What did we learn?
Last Thursday, while announcing the sentence U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Bankman-Fried never offered "a word of remorse" for his "terrible crimes."
A judge sentenced Bankman-Fried to a quarter century after a brief hearing.
The former FTX CEO was convicted of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November, a year after the once-giant cryptocurrency exchange collapsed.
Bankman-Fried's sentencing kicks off in a few hours.
He faces decades in prison.
Bankman-Fried was found guilty of fraud last year and will be sentenced on March 28.
SBF's former customers have weighed in.
Bankman-Fried's defense team attacked prosecutors' lengthy prison term recommendation in a new letter Tuesday.
Bankman-Fried will be sentenced later this month.
The U.S. government also recommended an $11 billion fine and forfeiture.
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A defense lawyer and a former prosecutor discuss what SBF’s likely sentence will be, the defense’s hope for an appeal, and whether the government will pursue the second trial....
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Defense lawyer Sam Enzer says Sam Bankman-Fried’s testimony had evasive answers and non sequiturs—but that the defense may now have a good argument for appeal.
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Sam Bankman-Fried is facing an even more difficult task in proving his innocence after this week’s compelling testimony by the last member of his inner circle.
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Attorneys Samson Enzer and Greg Strong say Caroline Ellison’s testimony against Sam Bankman-Fried was damning. They agree one thing could turn it around: SBF’s own testimony....
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Former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets Ryan Salame pleaded guilty to a number of federal criminal charges tied to the exchange. The former FTX executive has been ordered to forf...
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Bankman-Fried's legal team brought 29 character references in pleading for a lenient sentence.
Mark Cohen bumbled at times, asking Caroline Ellison to repeat much of the same information she told prosecutors in testimony the day before.
Several prospective jurors revealed that they or loved ones lost money on crypto, including one whose brother was nearly ruined.
Bankman-Fried had a few small wins in court, but his big challenge – securing a temporary release – may be decided later today.
"So, it's your testimony that your supervisees told you to stop asking questions?" asked a prosecutor. "Did you call in your lieutenants and ask 'who spent $8 billion?'"
The FTX founder will directly appeal to jurors in his bid to prove he did not commit, or conspire to commit, fraud before his crypto juggernaut's spectacular collapse.
FTX sued Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried for misappropriating millions, including $5.5 million in donations to Stanford University.
“He poured money – other people’s money – into investments to make himself even richer,” the prosecutor said in opening arguments.
The filings come amid a back-and-forth over whether Bankman-Fried should be released from jail to work on his defense.
The former FTX CEO is trying to win back his freedom – at least temporarily – to prepare for his October trial.
A verdict in the SBF trial could come before the end of Thursday – on the first anniversary of the CoinDesk scoop that caused his empire to crumble.
The assets, whose ownership is in dispute, could potentially be used to pay back creditors of FTX.
Last Thursday, while announcing the sentence U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Bankman-Fried never offered "a word of remorse" for his "terrible crimes."
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