Sam Bankman-Fried

Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years for fraud involving $8 billion US dollars, marking his dramatic downfall from billionaire status.

MARCH 28, 2024|ByREUTERS

am Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, U.S., August 11, 2023.

Sam Bankman-Fried heads for trial on charges of stealing billions from FTX users

Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. He has acknowledged inadequate risk management, but denied stealing funds.

OCTOBER 3, 2023|ByREUTERS

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, US, August 8, 2023.

Donald Trump wanted $5 billion from Bankman-Fried not to run for US president

New book excerpt: "His team returned with the not terribly Earth-shattering news that Donald Trump might indeed have his price."

OCTOBER 2, 2023|ByREUTERS

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of crypto currency exchange FTX, is escorted out of the Magistrate Court building in Nassau, Bahamas December 21, 2022.

Sam Bankman-Fried asks judge for suits to wear at trial

Bankman-Fried also asked to be given four dress shirts, three ties, one belt, four pairs of socks, two pairs of shoes and "appropriate undergarments."

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023|ByREUTERS

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty in crypto fraud case

Once hailed as the Jewish king of cryptocurrency, the 30-year-old entrepreneur known as SBF pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on Tuesday as as he faces up to 115 years in prison.

JANUARY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

Former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas

Bankman-Fried was once known as the Jewish king of crypto

DECEMBER 13, 2022ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2021.

Sam Bankman-Fried: The rise and fall of the Jewish king of crypto

Also known as SBF, Bankman-Fried was a 30-year-old multi-billionaire who founded the profitable cryptocurrency exchange FTX. And then it all came crashing down.

NOVEMBER 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF