Who does more jail time: Sam Bankman-Fried or Mexican cartel’s BTC launderer?
Both Sam Bankman-Fried and Martin Mizrahi committed crimes they should have realized would eventually be exposed while insisting on their innocence to the end.
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Sam Bankman-Fried escapes second trial; Binance’s Changpeng Zhao can’t escape US custody
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried won't face a second trial for bribing Chinese officials, while Binance's Changpeng Zhao's bid to return to Dubai has been rejected for the second time.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is going about as well as expected
The prosecution may wind up its case when Sam Bankman-Fried's trial resumes on October 26, after which SBF’s team will have a week to 10 days to present its case.
Sam Bankman-Fried losing Robinhood shares, judge’s sympathy
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied a motion by SBF’s attorneys to preclude the DOJ from introducing evidence the government delivered to the defense after July 1.
Sam Bankman-Fried risks pre-trial custody as judge losing patience
SBF was in Manhattan on July 26 trying to convince U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan not to tighten his bail conditions—a week after he leaked private writings of Caroline Ellison.
Sam Bankman-Fried risks bail conditions by leaking ex-girlfriend’s diary
The letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan says that SBF's conduct not only aims to harass Caroline Ellison but also "deter other potential trial witnesses from testifying."
Judge approves the monitoring of Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents’ phones
To avoid breaching bail conditions again, U.S. District Court Judge Kaplan ordered to broaden the monitoring of Sam Bankman-Fried's activities to include surveillance of his parents' mobile phones.
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried faces digital dark age for violating bail conditions
U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered SBF to refrain from using VPN when accessing the internet from his house arrest at his parents’ home in California.