Top FTX exec and Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-lover Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years in prison
Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman Freed's collapsed cryptocurrency empire, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday after a judge praised the “remarkable” incriminating testimony she gave against her ex-boyfriend at her fraud trial. The 29-year-old MIT graduate fought back tears and bowed her head slightly after Judge Lewis Kaplan […]
Former FTX executive, Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison faces sentencing
Caroline Ellison, a former top executive at Sam Bankman Freed's fallen cryptocurrency empire FTX, was convicted of fraud on Tuesday and could face several years in prison, but prosecutors said she should receive leniency because of her “exceptional cooperation” in investigating the company. Ellison, 29, pleaded guilty nearly two years ago and testified against Bankman-Freed […]
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-lover Caroline Ellison begs to stay out of jail for FTX fraud
Caroline Ellison, the ex-girlfriend of convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman Freed, has asked a federal judge not to send her to prison for stealing $8 billion from clients of the bankrupt FTX exchange. In a court filing just before midnight on Tuesday, Ellison's lawyers told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan that the former […]
FTX ordered to pay $12.7M to customers, fraud victims
Now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research Ordered to pay $12.7 million The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the measures on Thursday to customers and victims of fraud. FTX will pay $8.7 million in damages and an additional $4 million to compensate victims of a “massive fraud scheme” orchestrated by Sam […]
FTX ordered to pay $12.7B to customers after SBF’s massive fraud
A U.S. court has ordered bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to pay $12.7 billion in relief to customers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced in a statement on Thursday. In March, FTX founder Sam Bankman Freed was sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing $8 billion from clients. “The order requires FTX to pay $8.7 […]
Synapse, FTX, Binance — how many more fintech disasters can our system take?
Financial crises in the United States often result from an overheated market driven by excitement over new financial products. June 6th Report This statement from the bankruptcy trustee of financial technology company Synapse tells just such a story and should be taken as a warning against future financial crises caused by all manner of tech […]
FTX Customers ‘Aggrieved and Robbed’ by Bankruptcy Process
Victims of disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman Freed’s fraud are seeking a ruling that the failed crypto exchange’s seized assets belong to its customers, not its bankruptcy estate, calling it a “second act of theft.” In May, the bankruptcy estate was suggested The restructuring plan allows 98% of creditors to receive 118% of their […]
Clinton-Appointed Judge Hits Former FTX Executive Who Donated To GOP With Longer-Than-Recommended Prison Sentence
Former FTX executive Ryan Salame received a prison sentence of seven and a half years on Tuesday, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. Salame and his co-conspirators’ more than 300 political donations, which totaled tens of millions of dollars, were illegal in part because some were paid using the cryptocurrency exchange’s customer […]
SBF’s top FTX executive Ryan Salame to be sentenced
One of Sam Bankman-Freed’s top executives who pleaded guilty to financial crimes following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday, the first of several company executives to find out how much time they will spend in prison for their roles in the company’s collapse. Ryan Salameh, co-CEO of the […]
Burying the Major Democrat Donor Angle in FTX Fiasco
The collapse of the cryptocurrency company FTX could be as massive a scandal for Democrats as the Democrats insisted the Enron debacle was for former President George W. Bush. The man who took over the wreckage of Enron is now in charge of managing the end of FTX. But our largest national media outlets are going to […]