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FTX Customers, Investors Will Testify Against Sam Bankman-Fried, DOJ Says

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FTX Customers, Investors Will Testify Against Sam Bankman-Fried, DOJ Says The U.S. Department of Justice said it intends to call FTX customers, investors and cooperating witnesses to testify against Sam Bankman-Fried at trial next week, including a Ukrainian local who would have difficulty getting to the courthouse in-person.

Coindesk 1.0k 2023-11-15

All of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Proposed Expert Witnesses Should be Barred From Testifying: DOJ

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All of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Proposed Expert Witnesses Should be Barred From Testifying: DOJ All of FTX founder’s Sam Bankman-Fried’s proposed witnesses should be disqualified from testifying because their disclosure filings are insufficient, their experience may be misleading or their planned testimony may not be relevant, prosecutors said in a late Monday filing. The defense team moved to bar one of the prosecution’s proposed witnesse…

Coindesk 178 2023-08-29

DOJ sues SpaceX for hiring discrimination

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DOJ sues SpaceX for hiring discrimination A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2020. | Image: Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel / Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesThe US Department of Justice is suing Elon Musk’s SpaceX over allegations that it discriminated against asylees and refugees in hiring. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the DOJ claims from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX d…

The Verge 149 2023-08-25

Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Jail as DOJ Pushes for Incarceration

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Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Jail as DOJ Pushes for Incarceration FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense isn’t denying that he shared former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison’s diary with the New York Times, and so he should be “detained pending trial,” the U.S. Department of Justice said again in a filing late Thursday.

Coindesk 176 2023-08-04

Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta

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Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta Photo by Michael A. McCoy / Getty ImagesA group of Democratic senators is urging federal law enforcement officials to investigate and prosecute some of the most popular online tax filing companies for allegedly sharing millions of taxpayers’ financial data with Meta and Google. On Tuesday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), a…

The Verge 178 2023-07-12