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Sam Bankman Fried
the money game
Nov. 3, 2023
The Real SBF Stood Up An open-and-shut case finally revealed the criminal behind the legend.
By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances
Nov. 3, 2023
By Owen Long
court appearances
Nov. 2, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Never Had a Chance The FTX founder was found guilty on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy.
By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances
Oct. 31, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Finally Tells His Story The former FTX CEO made a bet that his story would be convincing, but who is he trying to sway?
By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances
Oct. 28, 2023
Inside the Vaping, Gambling, Jeering Wildness of the SBF Trial Overflow Rooms The crypto fraud trial has an ungainly audience who hold nothing back, and it’s kind of great.
By Kevin T. Dugan
sam bankman-fried
Oct. 25, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Is Pulling an Elizabeth Holmes And Testifying The alleged crypto fraudster will take the witness stand in his defense — a risky move.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
Oct. 19, 2023
The Winklevii’s Next Act Is Getting Sued for Crypto Fraud by New York State New York AG Tish James sues the Winklevii’s crypto exchange and CoinDesk’s parent company for defrauding 23,000 people.
By Kevin T. Dugan
sam bankman-fried
Oct. 18, 2023
SBF’s Lawyer Admits He Doesn’t Really Have a Plan If it feels like there’s no strategy, that’s because there probably isn’t one.
By Kevin T. Dugan
Twilight of the Heroes of Capitalism How Michael Lewis got duped by Sam Bankman-Fried.
By David Roth
sam bankman-fried
Oct. 16, 2023
SBF’s New Plan to Win in Court: Adderall Does the fallen crypto CEO actually need his meds, or is this another game?
By Kevin T. Dugan
What’s the Matter With Stanford? The Sam Bankman-Fried scandal reveals a lot about Silicon Valley’s favorite school.
By Theo Baker
court appearances
Oct. 12, 2023
The Unbreakable Caroline Ellison The star witness against Sam Bankman-Fried was untouched by the defense.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
Oct. 12, 2023
Is Sam Bankman-Fried Still Trying to Intimidate Caroline Ellison? A peek inside the sidebar talks as the crypto fraud trial gets testy.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
Oct. 11, 2023
The Revenge of Caroline Ellison, Part 2: ‘$150 Million for the Thing’ Her testimony featured an insane data dump about how her ex-boyfriend Bankman-Fried operated — and a tearful moment at the end.
By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances
Oct. 10, 2023
Caroline Ellison’s Revenge After Sam Bankman-Fried blamed her for his company’s fraud, she spent hours on the witness stand implicating him in crime after crime.
By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances
Oct. 5, 2023
SBF’s Discount Suit In his first appearance on trial for fraud in New York, Sam Bankman-Fried cut an unfamiliar profile.
By Kevin T. Dugan
the money game
Oct. 3, 2023
The 3 Most Important Things to Know About Michael Lewis’s SBF Book Here’s the best of what is in the book — and the biggest things Lewis missed.
By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances
Sept. 30, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Way to Win His trial begins Monday. Is the prosecution a slam dunk? We think not.
By Kevin T. Dugan
court appearances
Sept. 22, 2023
Introducing Court Appearances: USA v. SBF A newsletter covering the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, exclusively for New York subscribers.
By Choire Sicha
ftx fallout
Sept. 19, 2023
FTX Wants Back All the Lavish Gifts Sam Bankman-Fried Gave His Parents The crypto exchange filed a lawsuit claiming that Bankman-Fried’s parents received over $26 million in gifts.
By Matt Stieb
the money game
Sept. 13, 2023
Who Wants to Buy a Piece of Sam Bankman-Fried? What’s left of FTX is about to go up for auction, including billions of crypto and Bahamas real estate.
By Kevin T. Dugan
What We Know About Sam Bankman-Fried’s Life in Jail He’s not getting his vegan meals and is spending a whole lot of time with his attorneys while at the notorious MDC facility in Brooklyn.
By Matt Stieb
the money game
Sept. 6, 2023
That’s What I Call Ponzinomics With Sam Bankman-Fried, Gisele, and a credulous Michael Lewis at the zenith of crypto hype.
By Zeke Faux
Sam Bankman-Fried Jailed for Leaking His Ex-Girlfriend’s Diary His bail was revoked for sharing Caroline Ellison’s writings with the press, considered probable cause for witness tampering.
By Matt Stieb
Sam Bankman-Fried Will Be Charged With Illegal Campaign Contributions After All Prosecutors intend to pursue the allegations of illegal campaign donations as part of the money-laundering and wire-fraud charges he faces in October.
By Matt Stieb
ftx fallout
July 31, 2023
Feds Say They Want Sam Bankman-Fried in Jail for Intimidating Witnesses Prosecutors claim Bankman-Fried tried to “discredit” the reputation of his ex-girlfriend, who is cooperating in the case against him.
By Matt Stieb
Caroline Ellison Was Having a Bad Time in the FTX Empire Newly obtained diary entries reveal her struggles working with ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried as their crypto fraud went down.
By Matt Stieb
sam bankman-fried
May 23, 2023
What Secrets Did Caroline Ellison Keep in Her Diary? She was Sam Bankman-Fried’s former girlfriend and employee. Now, prosecutors reportedly have access to her rawest thoughts and feelings.
By Kevin T. Dugan
ftx fallout
Apr. 19, 2023
Taylor Swift Was Apparently the Only Celeb Too Smart to Fall for FTX She was the “one” person who did her homework before bailing on an endorsement deal, according to the lawyer suing FTX’s celebrity spokespeople.
By Matt Stieb
ftx fallout
Mar. 29, 2023
SBF’s Dad Is Paying for His Son’s Lawyers: Report As the legal bills pile up, Joseph Bankman is reportedly paying his son’s attorneys with money that SBF gave him from an Alameda account.
By Matt Stieb
ftx fallout
Mar. 28, 2023
By Matt Stieb
ftx fallout
Mar. 16, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Got $2 Billion in Loans From His Own Company FTX’s new management said in bankruptcy court that SBF had received billions in “loans and payments” while running his alleged fraud.
By Matt Stieb
SBF May Soon Be Restricted to a Flip Phone Prosecutors want to take away his cell and restrict his computer access after he kept violating the terms of his house arrest.
By Matt Stieb
All the New Things We Just Learned About SBF’s Alleged Crimes Prosecutors provide new evidence on how the FTX founder allegedly manipulated a U.S. bank and scammed the FEC.
By Matt Stieb
ftx fallout
Feb. 17, 2023
Another SBF Lieutenant May Be Close to Flipping FTX exec Nishad Singh is reportedly close to a deal with prosecutors, which would make him the third member of Bankman-Fried’s circle to cooperate.
By Matt Stieb
connection issues
Feb. 16, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Is in Big Trouble for Watching the Super Bowl He is paying big bucks in legal fees and expert testimony for watching the big game on a VPN after a judge told him not to use encrypted apps.
By Matt Stieb
The Silicon Valley Loop How the dot-com crash created Palo Alto’s clueless investor class.
By Malcolm Harris
ftx fallout
Feb. 15, 2023
We Finally Know Who Helped Bail Out Sam Bankman-Fried Two more Stanford professors put up collateral to get the alleged fraudster out.
By Matt Stieb
FTX Even Had a Woo-Woo Life Coach Sam Bankman-Fried hired his own psychiatrist to coach staffers about “happiness” and to encourage them to go on dates.
By Matt Stieb
ftx fallout
Jan. 30, 2023
The FTX Investigations Are Getting Messy Prosecutors say SBF may have engaged in witness tampering. Meanwhile, Caroline Ellison and others aren’t cooperating in the bankruptcy case.
By Matt Stieb
the money game
Jan. 24, 2023
The Crypto Industry’s Favorite Bank Is in Deep Trouble Sam Bankman-Fried once lauded the tiny Silvergate Bank for being a key part of the crypto revolution. Will it survive his scandal?
By Michelle Celarier
ftx fallout
Jan. 12, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried Has a New Defense Strategy: Blogging “I didn’t steal funds, and I certainly didn’t stash billions away,” the FTX founder wrote on Substack.
By Matt Stieb
ftx fallout
Jan. 11, 2023
It’s Dismantling Season for FTX SBF’s disgraced company has lost the rights to its Miami arena as it recovers $5 billion in assets to pay back customers.
By Matt Stieb
sam bankman-fried
Jan. 3, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried: I Didn’t Do It The fallen crypto boy wonder pleaded not guilty on Tuesday and will do everything he can to stay out of prison
By Kevin T. Dugan
The Feds Flipped Two of SBF’s Top Lieutenants Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang pleaded guilty to wire fraud, putting Sam Bankman-Fried in an even deeper hole.
By Matt Stieb
early and often
Dec. 22, 2022
The Fall of the Progressive Boy King Sean McElwee formed a lucrative alliance with SBF. Then his patron went bust and he suffered his own scandal.
By David Freedlander
ftx fallout
Dec. 21, 2022
Who Gets FTX’s and Sam Bankman-Fried’s Money Now? Customers, politicans, and media organizations all received the fruits of a massive fraud.
By Matt Stieb
the group portrait
Dec. 21, 2022
How CoinDesk Took Down SBF The reporting team who shook up the crypto world.
By Kevin T. Dugan
How Sam Bankman-Fried Spent His First Week Behind Bars After a week watching movies in prison in Nassau, the FTX founder has dropped his extradition fight.
By Matt Stieb
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