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Sam Bankman-Fried’s arguments to dismiss cryptocurrency charges are meritless, prosecutors say
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of indictment
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 16, 2023. Bankman-Fried sought a dismissal of criminal charges against him in a court filing late Monday, May 8, saying prosecutors have improperly made federal crimes out of civil and regulatory issues that resulted from an industrywide collapse of cryptocurrency markets. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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FTX debtors to sell LedgerX platform for $50-million
FILE PHOTO: FTX logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Crypto firms will develop ‘offshore havens’ without clear U.S. rules, Coinbase chief says
FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has recovered $7.3-billion in assets
FTX logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to campaign finance, China bribery charges
Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, walks outside the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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U.S. charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with paying $40-million bribe to Chinese officials
FILE - Samuel Bankman-Fried departs Manhattan federal court in New York on Feb. 9, 2023, in New York. Nishad Singh, a former FTX executive, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, to conspiracy and wire fraud charges as part of a deal to cooperate with federal prosecutors building their case against FTX founder Bankman-Fried in what authorities have dubbed one of the biggest frauds in history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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FTX sues liquidators of its Bahamian affiliate over crypto exchange ownership
Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed FTX logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Sam Bankman-Fried, U.S. prosecutors near new bail agreement
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, exits the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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Crypto-focused bank Silvergate plans to wind down operations after blow from FTX collapse
FILE PHOTO: Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a PC motherboard in this illustration picture, February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to shift blame complicated by new charges
FILE — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, Feb. 16, 2023. Bankman-Fried faced new fraud charges Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, in a rewritten indictment unsealed in a New York federal court.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can have only flip phone, limited internet while on bail, U.S. proposes
FILE - Samuel Bankman-Fried departs Manhattan federal court in New York on Feb. 9, 2023, in New York. Nishad Singh, a former FTX executive, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, to conspiracy and wire fraud charges as part of a deal to cooperate with federal prosecutors building their case against FTX founder Bankman-Fried in what authorities have dubbed one of the biggest frauds in history. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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Former FTX engineering chief Nishad Singh pleads guilty to six U.S. fraud, conspiracy charges
Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed FTX logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Bankman-Fried faces more criminal charges, allegedly hid political donations
Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, exits the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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Canadian securities regulators impose further restrictions on unregistered crypto trading platforms
The FTX logo is shown on the FTX Arena, where the Miami Heat NBA basketball team play, in Miami, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has set out new rules for unregistered cryptocurrency trading platforms operating in Canada following a wave of bankruptcies in the space including FTX, Voyager Digital and Celsius Network. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Lynne Sladky
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FTX founder’s bail signatories include two family friends
Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, arrives to the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. February 16, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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G20 watchdog hones in on decentralized finance after FTX crash
Children stand next to the G-20 logo after its unveiling in New Delhi on December 1, 2022. - India will officially assume G-20 Presidency on December 1. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. bankruptcy judge rejects call for new, independent probe into FTX’s collapse
Samuel Bankman-Fried, center, departs Manhattan federal court in New York, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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U.S. judge tightens FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail, sets hearing
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves federal court in New York City, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
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U.S. judge extends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail restrictions
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, departs from his court hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried keeps talking, ignoring typical legal strategy
FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court on Jan. 3, 2023, in New York, after he pleaded not guilty to charges that he cheated investors and looted customer deposits on his cryptocurrency trading platform. Federal prosecutors on Friday, Jan. 27, are trying to prohibit FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from privately contacting current and former employees of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange to prevent potential witness tampering in a criminal case accusing him of bilking investors and customers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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U.S. judge rejects proposal to modify FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves following a hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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U.S. bankruptcy judge weighs demand for independent investigation into collapse of FTX
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, departs from his court hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/
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U.S. judge temporarily bars Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting FTX employees, using Signal
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves following a hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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FTX founder Bankman-Fried objects to tighter bail, says prosecutors ‘sandbagged’ him
FILE PHOTO: Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of crypto currency exchange FTX, is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building after his arrest in Nassau, Bahamas December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dante Carrer/File Photo
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FTX opposes new bankruptcy investigation as it probes Sam Bankman-Fried connections
Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed FTX logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Bitcoin investors take control after FTX failure
Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021.
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Feds seized nearly $700-million from FTX founder Bankman-Fried
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves following a hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers say car hit barricade outside home
FILE - A guard stands on a closed street near the family home of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in Palo Alto, Calif., on Dec. 23, 2022. In a letter from Bankman-Fried's lawyers disclosed Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, a car with three occupants recently drove into a barricade outside the home owned by Bankman-Fried’s parents, an apparent attempt to gain access to the property where the founder of crypto exchange FTX is under house arrest. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Lending unit of crypto firm Genesis files for U.S. bankruptcy
FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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Car drove into barricade outside Sam Bankman-Fried’s home, lawyers say
FILE PHOTO: Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, leaves on the day of a hearing at Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
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New FTX chief executive says bankrupt crypto exchange could restart
FTX Group CEO John J. Ray III speaks at a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing investigating the collapse of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he ‘didn’t steal funds’ in unusual post-arrest blog post
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 3, 2023 former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York. - Lawyers handling the bankruptcy of FTX, the cryptocurrency giant co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, said on January 11, 2023 they had recovered $5 billion in assets in their efforts to salvage funds from the failed firm. FTX, once the world's highest profile crypto exchange, collapsed spectacularly in November leaving nine million customers in the lurch and seeing co-founder Bankman-Fried indicted for fraud by US prosecutors. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP) (Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has recovered over $5-billion, but extent of losses unknown: attorney
FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed FTX logo in this illustration taken November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration