Larry Neumeister

FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court, August 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

November 3, 2023, 2:54 am

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding crypto customers

US jury finds former head of cryptocurrency exchange guilty on all counts for scheme that cheated customers and investors out of $10 billion

By Larry Neumeister

File: Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court, New York City, on August 11, 2023. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

October 26, 2023, 6:40 pm

FTX founder Bankman-Fried set to testify on dramatic fall of crypto empire

Prosecutors rest in trial of crypto CEO, paving way for lawyers to present defense of Californian entrepreneur, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges

By Larry Neumeister and Ken Sweet

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves federal court in Manhattan, February 16, 2023. (John Minchillo/AP)

October 6, 2023, 5:29 pm

FTX co-founder testifies against Bankman-Fried, says they committed crimes

Gary Wang tells jury that company lied to public about perpetrating fraud, as investigators turn ‘inner circle’ against fallen crypto king

By Larry Neumeister

In this courtroom sketch, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, foreground, sits at the defense table while Judge Lewis Kaplan and attorneys discuss final jury selection in his trial, Oct. 4, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

October 5, 2023, 7:43 pm

Sam Bankman-Fried trial kicks off with showcase of star-studded FTX Super Bowl ads

Former roommate and co-worker Adam Yedidia testifies under immunity order as evidentiary portion of fraud trial against ex-crypto wunderkind begins in New York

By Ken Sweet and Larry Neumeister

Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, August 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

August 18, 2023, 11:59 pm

Slamming ‘frivolous’ appeal by Trump, judge says he won’t delay defamation suit

Ruling criticizes arguments made by ex-president’s lawyers who asked to mothball 2019 civil claims by a New York columnist who says Trump raped her in a department store in 1996

By Larry Neumeister

FILE — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, February 16, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

August 15, 2023, 1:38 pm

US prosecutors to use testimony of Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘inner circle’ against him

Prosecution outlines evidence it plans to present at FTX founder’s trial, including alleged misappropriation of over $100 million in customer funds used for political contributions

By Larry Neumeister

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court, Friday, August 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

August 12, 2023, 3:02 am

Judge sends crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says he tampered with witnesses

NY court revokes bail for FTX founder, accused of stealing billions in customer deposits to fund businesses and speculative investments

By Larry Neumeister

Peaches Stergo leaves Manhattan federal court, July 27, 2023, in New York after being sentenced to more than four years in prison for fraud. (AP/Larry Neumeister)

July 28, 2023, 7:54 am

Florida woman sentenced for stealing nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor

Judge sends Peaches Stergo, 36, to prison for over four years, describes her as ‘unspeakably cruel’ for posing as a love interest and draining victim’s life savings

By Larry Neumeister

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, February 16, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

July 22, 2023, 3:51 am

Prosecutors: FTX’s Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness at his upcoming trial

Lawyers say crypto company founder on trial for massive fraud leaked correspondence to New York Times to deter others from testifying

By Larry Neumeister

E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, in New York, May 9, 2023. (John Minchillo/AP)

May 9, 2023, 11:09 pm

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, awards accuser $5 million

Columnist E. Jean Carroll laughs, cries after verdict also finds former US president defamed her; Trump, who’s acquitted of rape, pans ruling as ‘disgrace’ and ‘witch hunt’

By Larry Neumeister

Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll walks into Manhattan federal court in New York, on April 25, 2023. (Brittainy Newman/AP)

April 25, 2023, 6:21 pm

Rape civil lawsuit trial against Donald Trump set to get underway

Ex-advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former president assaulted her in 1990s, is seeking unspecified damages, retraction of disparaging remarks he made about accusation

By Larry Neumeister and Jennifer Peltz

Michael Cohen arrives at the district attorney's office to testify before a grand jury in New York, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

April 13, 2023, 7:42 am

Trump sues ex-lawyer Cohen for revealing details of porn star hush money case

Former president wants $500 million, saying former fixer caused ‘vast reputational harm’ by breaking confidentiality agreements and maliciously ‘spreading falsehoods’

By Larry Neumeister and Michael R. Sisak

In this photo from February 23, 2017, US Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with Iraqi army south of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

March 4, 2023, 11:15 am

US Army soldier gets 45 years for neo-Nazi plot to ambush his own paratrooper unit

Officials say Ethan Melzer joined military to infiltrate on behalf of group espousing antisemitic, Satanic beliefs, in ‘one of the most stunning betrayals’ from within armed forces

By Larry Neumeister

This undated file photo provided by the St. Charles County Department of Corrections in St. Charles, Missouri., shows Sayfullo Saipov. (St. Charles County, Mo., Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP, File)

February 13, 2023, 2:50 pm

New York bike path killer to be sentenced, with death penalty in the offing

Jury begins to deliberate punishment for Islamist extremist Sayfullo Saipo, who killed 8 in 2017, could be first person executed in the state in 60 years

By Larry Neumeister

File: Then-US president Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on January 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP/Gerald Herbert)

January 14, 2023, 4:36 am

Under oath, Trump hurled insults at woman who alleges he raped her

Former US president threatens to sue columnist who accuses him of raping her in a department store in the 1990s, as portions of deposition released publicly this week

By Larry Neumeister