Sam Bankman-Fried Could Go Back to Jail Thanks to His Big Fat Mouth
The fallen FTX founder didn’t just violate his bail — he violated the trust of his family’s last remaining allies.
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Campaign-Finance Charges Are Back on the Menu
I didn’t really have anything prepared to write about this week but the Department of Justice is on it. Prosecutors told the judge overseeing Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial that they intend to fold campaign finance allegations into a wire fraud charge, after announcing they would have to drop the campaign finance charge itself due to treaty obligations with the Bahamas.
Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Talking to Prosecutors About Plea Deal: Bloomberg
It was not known whether Salame would cooperate with prosecutors and testify against FTX co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
Sam Bankman-Fried Will Still Face Campaign Finance-Related Charge, Justice Department Says
The U.S. Department of Justice still plans to argue that Sam Bankman-Fried conducted an “illegal campaign finance” scheme when it goes to trial in October, prosecutors said Tuesday, two weeks after saying they couldn’t bring a campaign finance charge against the FTX founder due to treaty obligations.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Attempts to Influence Witnesses Show He Must Be Jailed Before Trial: DOJ
Sam Bankman-Fried’s repeated efforts to contact witnesses and influence their testimony shows that “no combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community,” prosecutors said in a written filing calling for his bond to be revoked.
No, Sam Bankman-Fried Is Not Being Bailed Out by Democrats
Republican candidate Vivek Rameswamy is rightly furious over dropped campaign finance charges. But the charges are likely to return after a procedural adjustment – and claims of corruption do more harm than good.
Sam Bankman-Fried Maybe Hasn’t Escaped Campaign Finance Charges
Prosecutors just withdrew a campaign finance charge ahead of Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial this October. That doesn’t mean the U.S. Department of Justice is letting the FTX founder off on alleged criminal conduct, however – and campaign finance charges could still be tried later.
How Much Is Too Much to Spend on FTX’s Bankruptcy?
Are Sam Bankman-Fried’s victims being ripped off a second time?
Judge Rejects FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Motions to Dismiss Criminal Charges
U.S. Judge Lewis Kaplan denied several of Sam Bankman-Fried’s motions to dismiss criminal charges against him. He had previously denied the FTX founder’s remaining motions to dismiss charges.
The Second FTX Asset Recovery Report Is Packed With Bombshells
New claims put FTX and Alameda Research founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his friends even closer to the center of a brazen conspiracy.