Everything to Know About Sam Bankman-Fried’s Second Week in Court

How is it still getting worse for Sam Bankman-Fried? Caroline Ellison didn’t crack under pressure. Granted, she wasn’t under that much pressure. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Agustina Torres, Getty ImagesThe defense botched the cross examination of Caroline Ellison. Continue reading…

Caroline Ellison, Star Witness in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial, Says He Made ‘Terrible Mistakes’ Mr. Bankman-Fried’s lawyers sought to poke holes in Ms. Ellison’s testimony, but her account remained largely consistent.

Is Sam Bankman-Fried a Sociopath?

LIVE: Caroline Ellison Starts Day 3 of Testimony Against Sam Bankman-Fried Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison faces Sam Bankman-Fried attorney Mark Cohen as she begins her third day of testimony.

Russian Attackers May Have Been Behind Hack of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX, Elliptic Says Research firm Elliptic said some of the stolen funds appear to be linked to Russian cybercriminal groups, citing on-chain analysis.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Closest Friends Become His Foes in Courtroom Clash The FTX founder’s criminal trial has made clear just how much his inner circle has turned against him.

Alameda’s paper trail leads straight to Sam Bankman-Fried Her ex-boyfriend told her not to write anything down she wouldn’t want to see in The New York Times, then leaked her love notes to The New York Times. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Michael M. Santiago, PM Images, Getty ImagesAnd his “very valuable” hair, too. Continue reading…

Caroline Ellison Says She and Sam Bankman-Fried Lied for Years In her second day testifying at the FTX founder’s trial, Ms. Ellison said she had misled lenders and circulated phony financial documents at Mr. Bankman-Fried’s request.

Bankman-Fried was very concerned about his image, including his big hair, ex-girlfriend Ellison testifies In her second day on the stand, Caroline Ellison told jurors that Sam Bankman-Fried wanted her to hide FTX customer funds that were on Alameda’s balance sheet.

LIVE: Caroline Ellison Starts Day 2 of Testimony Against Sam Bankman-Fried Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison retook the stand on Wednesday, after testifying that her former boss and boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried, had directed many of FTX’s now-public missteps.

Sam Bankman-Fried Wanted to Close Alameda in 2022, Unpublished Posts Show He had hoped to continue Alameda as an investment firm and infrastructure developer, but claimed in the posts that Alameda wouldn’t actively trade.

Caroline Ellison took almost 30 seconds to recognize ex-boyfriend Sam Bankman-Fried as testimony begins Caroline Ellison, the former head of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund, took the stand Tuesday as the prosecution’s star witness against the FTX founder

Sam Bankman-Fried was a terrible boyfriend She didn’t even get equity! | Photo illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos by Bloomberg, Getty ImagesBankman-Fried thought Alameda’s brand wasn’t as good as FTX’s — so he put his sometime-lover in charge of it. Continue reading…

Defending the Indefensible? Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Deserve Better

Caroline Ellison Testifies Against Sam Bankman-Fried, Blaming Him for Crimes Ms. Ellison, who also dated Mr. Bankman-Fried, is the government’s star witness in the criminal fraud trial of the founder of the FTX crypto exchange.

Key Points From the Sam Bankman-Fried Trial’s First Week It’s been less than a week since the federal government’s trial against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried began, but we’ve already heard from an FTX co-founder, a former developer, a customer and an investor.

Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s $35 million crypto frat house in the Bahamas Sam Bankman-Fried’s luxury penthouse is at the center of the prosecution’s criminal fraud case against the FTX founder

Gary Wang, Caroline Ellison: Looking at Day 5 of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial FTX co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer Gary Wang began testifying in earnest last Friday in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial. Later on Tuesday, Caroline Ellison is expected to take the stand.

‘Don’t Do That Again’: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Lawyers Under Fire From Judge In the first week of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s fraud trial, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan repeatedly admonished the former crypto mogul’s lawyers, in an ominous sign for the defense.