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StarkWare co-founder and president Eli Ben-Sasson (left) with co-founder and CEO Uri Kolodny at blockchain event in Tel Aviv, Feb. 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
February 8, 2023, 6:50 pm
Israeli blockchain firm develops ‘fire prevention’ tech to thwart FTX-style fraud
StarkWare, valued at $8b, gathers 700 crypto developers in Tel Aviv to explore its tech, which speeds up transactions and is meant to make it impossible for exchanges to loot funds
By Sharon Wrobel
Samuel Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court, in New York, December 3, 2023. (Seth Wenig/AP)
January 3, 2023, 11:15 pm
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud in US crypto-currency case
Entrepreneur denies all charges against him; tentative trial date set for October 3; lawyers tell judge defendant’s parents have received threats, including of physical harm
By Larry Neumeister
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves court following his arraignment in New York City on December 22, 2022. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP)
December 23, 2022, 10:32 am
Fallen crypto whiz Bankman-Fried released on $250 million bail, sent to house arrest
Appearing in New York court after extradition to US from Bahamas, FTX founder largely silent as judge details fraud charges against him
By John BIERS
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, is escorted from the Magistrate Court in Nassau, Bahamas, December 21, 2022, after agreeing to be extradited to the US. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
December 22, 2022, 3:46 am
Associates of FTX founder Bankman-Fried cop to charges as he’s extradited to US
Disgraced crypto mogul expected to appear Thursday before a judge in NY, where he’s been indicted on federal charges over the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse
By Ken Sweet and Rebecca Blackwell
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, center, is escorted from a Corrections Department van as he arrives at the Magistrate Court building for a hearing, in Nassau, Bahamas Dec. 21, 2022.(AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
December 21, 2022, 8:31 pm
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried could be sent to US after extradition hearing
Pending Bahamian court approval, cryptocurrency exchange chief could be back stateside within hours, potentially spend the rest of his life in jail
By Ken Sweet
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, center, is escorted out of Magistrate Court into a Corrections van, following a hearing in Nassau, Bahamas, December 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
December 19, 2022, 9:39 pm
Shamed crypto tycoon Bankman-Fried agrees to US extradition, says lawyer
Bahamas defense attorney says FTX founder’s legal team is preparing necessary docs to send him to US, where he stands accused of massive fraud
By AP
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (C) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas on December 13, 2022. (Mario Duncanson / AFP)
December 14, 2022, 5:19 am
Sam Bankman-Fried: The fallen crypto rock star facing life in jail for fraud
Founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, now in jail in Bahamas for alleged massive fraud, is vegan MIT graduate who got his start on Wall Street Jewish son of Stanford law profs
By AFP
FTX CEO John Ray testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
December 14, 2022, 4:14 am
New FTX CEO says ‘unprecedented’ lack of oversight, bad decisions caused collapse
Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange had no accountants, little documentation, approved expenses with emojis, says attorney handling its bankruptcy
By GLENN GAMBOA
Illustrative: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is led away in handcuffs by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas on December 13, 2022. (Mario Duncanson/AFP)
December 14, 2022, 3:37 am
US charges disgraced crypto tycoon Bankman-Fried with ‘massive, years-long fraud’
Prosecutors say founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX deceived customers and investigators from the company’s start in 2019; could face life in jail
By Agencies
In this file photo taken on February 09, 2022, Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing about 'Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation,' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
December 13, 2022, 3:52 pm
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with defrauding crypto investors
Day after arrest in Bahamas, US Securities and Exchange Commission alleges CEO fraudulently raised billions by promoting firm as responsible trading platform, misused funds
By Alex Pigman
In this file photo taken on February 09, 2022, Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing about 'Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation,' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
December 13, 2022, 2:40 am
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas at US request
US attorney’s office in NY announces arrest of failed crypto exchange’s former CEO, a day before his scheduled testimony to House panel
By Agencies
In this file photo taken on February 09, 2022, Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, testifies during a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing about 'Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation,' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
December 10, 2022, 12:38 am
FTX founder Bankman-Fried says he’ll testify to Congress about company’s collapse
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters requests presence of embattled CEO at next week’s hearings over failure of cryptocurrency exchange
By MATT OTT
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 8, 2021. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
December 7, 2022, 5:01 am
Will synagogues shun ‘effective altruism’ movement after Sam Bankman-Fried scandal?
Maximum-impact giving to save lives in the developing world has caught on among Reform Jews in particular, but the scandal involving one high-profile supporter is tainting optics
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Andrew Ross Sorkin, bottom left, speaks by video with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/ Getty Images via AFP)
December 1, 2022, 5:49 pm
FTX founder Bankman-Fried admits ‘mistakes,’ denies fraud, in crypto collapse
CEO of high-flying brokerage decimated by crash of self-made token undergirding financing tells conference he is ‘shocked’ by details of affair and ashamed of overlooked conflicts
By AFP
Left: Sam Bankman-Fried on the cover of the 40th annual Forbes 400 ranking issue (Business Wire/ AP). Right: FTX Arena on November 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
November 18, 2022, 6:11 pm
Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, Jewish cryptocurrency CEO, brings echoes of Bernie Madoff
After becoming a billionaire before age 30, the FTX head suffers a reversal of fortune so massive it’s setting records, decimating investors’ savings, and drawing legal questions
By Lisa Klug
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