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''Had The Best Sleep'': Crypto Founder Calls Time In Singapore Jail ''Enjoyable''
He claimed that he had the ''best sleep'' of his life while serving the sentence in a Singaporean prison, and added that everyone should look to spend time inside a cell.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Accused of Witness Tampering
US prosecutors have accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of witness tampering and asked a federal judge to issue an order that would bar the former billionaire and other parties from making public statements likely to interfere with a fair trial. The prosecutors wrote to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday referencing a New York Times artic...
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FTX Alleges Former Lawyer of Aiding Sam Bankman-Fried's Fraud, Silencing Whistleblowers
FTX filed a complaint on Tuesday in US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, accusing one of its former top lawyers, of aiding fraud by company founder Sam Bankman-Fried and silencing whistleblowers who reported wrongdoing at the company. Daniel Friedberg, a former chief compliance officer at FTX and general counsel of its related crypto hedge fund Alameda...
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FTX Says Banks Earlier Raised Questions About FTX-Affiliated Hedge Fund's Wire Activity
Certain banks working with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trading firm Alameda Research raised questions about the firm's wire activity as early as 2020, according to a report released by FTX on Monday. Some banks began rejecting wires to or from Alameda the same year that the cryptocurrency exchange scrambled to access the US banking system, the ...
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FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Could Be Planning to Blame Lawyers Who Helped Launch Firm in Criminal Case
Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers filed a motion on Tuesday asking for access to documents from Fenwick & West, the Silicon Valley law firm that represented FTX and sister hedge fund Alameda Research from the companies' inception through their collapse in November 2022.
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Sam Bankman-Fried's Ban on Contacting FTX Employees Using Encrypted Messages Gets Extended
A US judge on Thursday extended a ban on FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried's ability to contact employees of companies he once controlled and use encrypted messaging technology while out on bail awaiting trial on fraud charges. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on February 1 had temporarily barred Bankman-Fried from contacting an...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Barred From Contacting FTX Employees Using Signal, Encrypted Messages
A US judge on Wednesday temporarily barred FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees of the cryptocurrency exchange or his Alameda Research hedge fund, and from using encrypted messaging tools including Signal. The ruling by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan came after federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Bankman-Fri...
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Hackers Stole $415 Million In Cryptocurrency After Bankruptcy: FTX Chief
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been accused of stealing billions of dollars from FTX customers to pay debts incurred by his crypto-focused hedge fund, Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.
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Indian-Origin CEO Of US-Based Hedge Fund Firm Charged For Securities Fraud
An Indian-origin founder of a Manhattan-based hedge fund firm and a former trader of the enterprise have been found guilty of securities fraud for their participation in a scheme to inflate the net asset value for hedge funds managed by the company by over USD 100 million.
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Jeff Bezos, Wife Divorcing After 25 Years "Of Loving Exploration"
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after a relationship that started at a New York hedge fund and is ending a little more than a year after he became the world's richest person.
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'Pharma Bro' Shkreli Arrested For Securities Fraud
Martin Shkreli is a biotech executive who favors open-collar shirts over lab coats, the founder of a hedge fund who eschewed discretion by broadcasting his life on YouTube, a pill seller who made no bones about his power to raise the price of his medicines.
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Rajat Gupta Should End Challenge to Insider Trading Verdict: Preet Bharara
The US has opposed India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta's fresh appeal to overturn his insider trading conviction, saying he should now end his challenge to the jury's "well-founded" verdict that he gained from his illegal tips to hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam.
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Ties With Rajaratnam Not Proof of Quid Pro Quo: Ex-Goldman Director Gupta
Seeking to set aside his conviction on insider trading charges, India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has said his friendship with jailed hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam does not prove he received personal gain by passing on classified information.
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Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta Seek to Void US Insider Trading Penalties
Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta are seeking to overturn penalties imposed against them for insider trading, citing a recent US court decision that narrowed the definition of that offence.
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Son Charged With Murder in New York Hedge Fund Founder Shooting
Authorities say the 30-year-old son of a hedge fund founder has been arraigned on second-degree murder in the killing of his 70-year-old father.
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''Had The Best Sleep'': Crypto Founder Calls Time In Singapore Jail ''Enjoyable''
He claimed that he had the ''best sleep'' of his life while serving the sentence in a Singaporean prison, and added that everyone should look to spend time inside a cell.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Accused of Witness Tampering
US prosecutors have accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of witness tampering and asked a federal judge to issue an order that would bar the former billionaire and other parties from making public statements likely to interfere with a fair trial. The prosecutors wrote to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday referencing a New York Times artic...
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FTX Alleges Former Lawyer of Aiding Sam Bankman-Fried's Fraud, Silencing Whistleblowers
FTX filed a complaint on Tuesday in US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, accusing one of its former top lawyers, of aiding fraud by company founder Sam Bankman-Fried and silencing whistleblowers who reported wrongdoing at the company. Daniel Friedberg, a former chief compliance officer at FTX and general counsel of its related crypto hedge fund Alameda...
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FTX Says Banks Earlier Raised Questions About FTX-Affiliated Hedge Fund's Wire Activity
Certain banks working with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's trading firm Alameda Research raised questions about the firm's wire activity as early as 2020, according to a report released by FTX on Monday. Some banks began rejecting wires to or from Alameda the same year that the cryptocurrency exchange scrambled to access the US banking system, the ...
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FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Could Be Planning to Blame Lawyers Who Helped Launch Firm in Criminal Case
Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers filed a motion on Tuesday asking for access to documents from Fenwick & West, the Silicon Valley law firm that represented FTX and sister hedge fund Alameda Research from the companies' inception through their collapse in November 2022.
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Sam Bankman-Fried's Ban on Contacting FTX Employees Using Encrypted Messages Gets Extended
A US judge on Thursday extended a ban on FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried's ability to contact employees of companies he once controlled and use encrypted messaging technology while out on bail awaiting trial on fraud charges. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on February 1 had temporarily barred Bankman-Fried from contacting an...
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Sam Bankman-Fried Barred From Contacting FTX Employees Using Signal, Encrypted Messages
A US judge on Wednesday temporarily barred FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees of the cryptocurrency exchange or his Alameda Research hedge fund, and from using encrypted messaging tools including Signal. The ruling by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan came after federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Bankman-Fri...
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Hackers Stole $415 Million In Cryptocurrency After Bankruptcy: FTX Chief
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been accused of stealing billions of dollars from FTX customers to pay debts incurred by his crypto-focused hedge fund, Alameda Research. Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to fraud charges.
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Indian-Origin CEO Of US-Based Hedge Fund Firm Charged For Securities Fraud
An Indian-origin founder of a Manhattan-based hedge fund firm and a former trader of the enterprise have been found guilty of securities fraud for their participation in a scheme to inflate the net asset value for hedge funds managed by the company by over USD 100 million.
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Jeff Bezos, Wife Divorcing After 25 Years "Of Loving Exploration"
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after a relationship that started at a New York hedge fund and is ending a little more than a year after he became the world's richest person.
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'Pharma Bro' Shkreli Arrested For Securities Fraud
Martin Shkreli is a biotech executive who favors open-collar shirts over lab coats, the founder of a hedge fund who eschewed discretion by broadcasting his life on YouTube, a pill seller who made no bones about his power to raise the price of his medicines.
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Rajat Gupta Should End Challenge to Insider Trading Verdict: Preet Bharara
The US has opposed India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta's fresh appeal to overturn his insider trading conviction, saying he should now end his challenge to the jury's "well-founded" verdict that he gained from his illegal tips to hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam.
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Ties With Rajaratnam Not Proof of Quid Pro Quo: Ex-Goldman Director Gupta
Seeking to set aside his conviction on insider trading charges, India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has said his friendship with jailed hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam does not prove he received personal gain by passing on classified information.
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Raj Rajaratnam, Rajat Gupta Seek to Void US Insider Trading Penalties
Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta are seeking to overturn penalties imposed against them for insider trading, citing a recent US court decision that narrowed the definition of that offence.
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Son Charged With Murder in New York Hedge Fund Founder Shooting
Authorities say the 30-year-old son of a hedge fund founder has been arraigned on second-degree murder in the killing of his 70-year-old father.
