Sam Bankman-Fried urges lenient sentence, citing FTX fund recoveryBankman-Fried pleaded not guilty and is expected to appeal his conviction and sentence. He acknowledged making mistakes running FTX, but te...
28 Feb, 2024, 04.56 PM IST
Donald Trump loses bid for presidential immunity in E. Jean Carroll's defamation suitDonald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape, a U.S. appea...
13 Dec, 2023, 10.37 PM IST
Ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraudThe jury reached the verdict after just over four hours of deliberations. Bankman-Fried, who had pleaded not guilty to two counts of fraud ...
03 Nov, 2023, 02.48 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried acknowledges 'mistakes' but testifies he did not defraud anyoneShortly after taking the witness stand in Manhattan federal court, Bankman-Fried said he made "a number of small mistakes and a number of l...
27 Oct, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
US says it wants forfeiture of billionaire Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov's $300 mln superyachtThe United States has filed a complaint in federal court seeking the forfeiture of a $300 million superyacht controlled by Russian oligarch...
23 Oct, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried sought 'justifications' for missing funds, lawyer testifiesCan Sun, FTX's former general counsel, testified at Bankman-Fried's fraud trial that the company on Nov. 7, 2022, was engaged in talks with...
19 Oct, 2023, 10.52 PM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried's trial resumes with jury selection; opening statements expectedThe 31-year-old-former billionaire's trial kicked off on Tuesday, nearly a year after FTX collapsed in a meltdown that shocked financial ma...
04 Oct, 2023, 09.16 PM IST
FTX's Bankman-Fried appeals judge's decision to jail him pending trialThat came after he shared with a New York Times reporter personal writings belonging to his former colleague and romantic partner, Caroline...
28 Aug, 2023, 08.33 PM IST
US man pleads guilty to laundering crypto stolen from Bitfinex hackThe bitcoin was worth $71 million at the time, but had appreciated to more than $4.5 billion by the time of their arrests.Deputy Attorney G...
03 Aug, 2023, 09.04 PM IST
US couple accused of laundering crypto from Bitfinex hack reach plea dealThe pair was accused of conspiring to launder more than 100,000 bitcoin that was stolen, after a hacker attacked Bitfinex and initiated mor...
22 Jul, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
Donald Trump could be charged any day - what happens next?Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has presented evidence to a New York grand jury about a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniel...
19 Mar, 2023, 03.49 PM IST
Judge to weigh Bankman-Fried's trial schedule, bail conditions at hearingBankman-Fried is fighting to stay out of jail after US District Judge Lewis Kaplan raised concerns last month that the 31-year-old former b...
10 Mar, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried's Bahamas case to resume as extradition loomsFederal prosecutors in Manhattan last week charged the 30-year-old cryptocurrency mogul with stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer a...
21 Dec, 2022, 05.12 PM IST
US lays claim to $1 billion in bitcoin stolen from Silk RoadIn the second largest seizure in Department of Justice history, law enforcement seized the 50,000 Bitcoin during a November 2021 search of ...
08 Nov, 2022, 01.13 AM IST
Brother of ex-Coinbase manager pleads guilty to insider trading chargeNikhil Wahi, 26, admitted during a virtual court hearing before U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan that he made trades based o...
13 Sep, 2022, 08.11 PM IST
R Kelly found guilty after years of trial; convicted of luring women, underage girls for sexThe jurors convicted the singer on all nine counts he faced, after a 5-1/2 week trial.
28 Sep, 2021, 08.37 AM IST
Gold seen entering long-term bull cycle as asset bubbles popThe metal is at the start of a multi-year bull run with a “few thousand dollars of upside” in a world of “monetary policy without limits”.
21 Sep, 2016, 06.55 PM IST