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SBF Won’t Get Second Trial After DOJ Drops Five Charges
Sam Bankman-Fried once faced 13 criminal charges relating to his massive fraud scheme at the crypto exchange FTX. However, he’ll only face consequences for the seven charges he was found guilty of in November. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried relating to five additional charges, according to…
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Prosecutors Say SBF Pushed FTX Execs to Make Extra Political Donations
Ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is again being accused of campaign finance violations. This time, prosecutors say the once-crypto kingpin used other FTX execs to hide just how much of the Washington machinery he was trying to turn pro-crypto. The U.S. filed a superseding indictment late on Monday alleging the once-crypto kingpin embezzled around $US100 million from customers’…
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Environmental Lawyer Targeted by Chevron Freed After More Than Two Years Under House Arrest
After 993 days, Steven Donziger is finally free.
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The Biggest Climate Trial of the Year Was a Chevron-Fuelled ‘Charade’
After a week of proceedings, the criminal trial for attorney Steven Donziger — who won a multibillion-dollar case against Chevron over pollution in the Amazon rainforest — wrapped up on Monday. In his estimation, the trial was a “charade.” And yet he was relatively pleased with the outcome.