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Caroline Ellison Says She Is ‘Truly Sorry’ for Her Role in FTX Collapse

A former top executive at a trading firm closely tied to FTX said she was “truly sorry” for defrauding customers, investors and lenders in pleading guilty to criminal charges stemming […]




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Caroline Ellison and FTX Co-Founder Gary Wang Plead Guilty to Fraud

Two former top executives of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto trading empire have pleaded guilty to federal criminal fraud charges and are cooperating in the prosecution of the disgraced crypto entrepreneur, the […]




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Restaurateur, Political Donor, Tipster: The Many Roles of FTX’s Ryan Salame

In Western Massachusetts, Ryan Salame was known as a local boy turned hometown hero who struck gold as a top executive at FTX, the now-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, and used some […]




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Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Engaged in Fraud for Years, Prosecutors Say

In the early 2000s, Mr. Ray oversaw the unwinding of Enron, the energy trading firm that collapsed in an accounting scandal. At the hearing, he called the perpetrators of Enron’s […]




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Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas After US Prosecutors File Charges

Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday after U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges.“S.B.F.’s arrest followed receipt of formal notification […]




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Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees to Testify Before House Committee

The answer as to whether the embattled FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will appear before two congressional committees next week is being played out on Twitter.In an early morning post on […]




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Inside the Frantic Texts Exchanged by Crypto Executives as FTX Collapsed

The day before the embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy, Changpeng Zhao, the chief executive of the rival exchange Binance, sent an alarmed text to Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s founder.Mr. […]




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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Faces Market Manipulation Inquiry

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, manipulated the market for two cryptocurrencies this past spring, leading to their collapse and creating a domino effect that eventually caused […]




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Small Investors Who Jumped Into Crypto on FTX Say, Now What?

When BlockFi’s marketing materials and sales agents said his investment was safe and redeemable at any time, he took them at their word.The Aftermath of FTX’s DownfallThe sudden collapse of the […]




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Sam Bankman-Fried Blames ‘Huge Management Failures’ for FTX Collapse

On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen called FTX’s collapse a “Lehman moment” for the cryptocurrency industry, referring to the bankruptcy of the Wall Street bank Lehman Brothers at the […]