Tag: Securities fraud

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction, 25-year prison sentence

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[ad_1] Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters A lawyer for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday filed a notice of appeal of his federal fraud and conspiracy conviction and his 25-year prison sentence. Bankman-Fried’s appeal came two weeks after he was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Manhattan and ordered to pay $11…

Trump is about to face trial on criminal hush money charges. Here's what to know

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[ad_1] Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he is attending a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, in New York City on March 25, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Donald Trump has used every legal tool at his disposal to try to dismiss, diminish or delay the four active criminal cases against him. But on Monday, barring a last-minute court intervention, Trump will become the first former president ever to be tried on…

Georgia inmate serving life mailed bombs from prison to D.C. office building, Alaska court, feds charge

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[ad_1] Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards David Dwayne Cassady, inmate in Georgia. Courtesy: Georgia Department of Corrections A man serving a life sentence for kidnapping and other crimes while in a Georgia prison built two bombs which he mailed to a District of Columbia office building and the federal courthouse and building in Anchorage, Alaska, prosecutors allege. The accused bomb maker, 55-year-old David Cassady, allegedly put the two explosive devices into the mail at his prison in Tattnall County on Jan. 24, 2020, according to an indictment issued by a…

Federal Authorities aim to confiscate $14 million New York apartments allegedly linked to a corrupt scheme involving aTakes Action to Seize $14 Million New York Apartments Tied to Former Mongolian Leader in Alleged Mining Scandal

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Federal Authorities aim to confiscate $14 million New York apartments allegedly linked to a corrupt scheme involving a former Mongolian prime minister and his Harvard Business School graduate son. The lawsuit details millions siphoned from a state-owned mining company, implicating Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold and his family. Defense claims echo previous allegations as a misinformation campaign. [ad_1] Batbold Sukhbaatar of Mongolia addresses the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 22, 2010. Emmanuel Dunand | AFP | Getty Images Federal Authorities on Tuesday sued…

Judge orders Trump company to tell financial watchdog about efforts to get appeal bonds

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[ad_1] Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 25, 2023. Jeenah Moon | Reuters A judge ordered Donald‘s company Thursday to inform a court-appointed financial watchdog about any future efforts to obtain an appeal bond. Judge Arthur Engoron’s order came three days after Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing it has been “impossible” for the former president to get such a bond for a civil fraud case he lost.…