Appeal Court Punts on Bankman-Fried’s Bid to Secure Release from Jail

The delay is the latest in a string of disappointments for Bankman-Fried, who has failed to secure the end of his pre-trial detention since landing in prison in early August. His lawyers have argued their client can’t properly prepare his defense from jail. On the other hand, prosecutors argue he poses a threat to witnesses […]

Continue Reading

DOJ Blasts FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Intrusive’ Proposed Jury Questions

“The defense requests numerous open-ended questions about what opinions potential jurors have formed about the case, the defendant, and the defendant’s companies, and asks whether potential jurors can ‘completely ignore’ what they have previously seen,” the letter said. “This is unnecessarily intrusive, and goes beyond the purpose of voir dire.”

Continue Reading

A Closer Look at FTX’s Most Recent Bankruptcy Documents

A cursory look at just those two assets for FTX (which does not include FTX US) reveals something really beyond comprehension. The identified deficit between customer payables, which are customer balances, and total assets, which are assets the bankruptcy team has located plus the amount of customer balances owed to FTX, was $1.6 billion in […]

Continue Reading