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Sam Bankman-Fried
Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried, commonly known as SBF, is an American entrepreneur convicted of fraud. Bankman-Fried founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was celebrated as a "poster boy" for crypto, with FTX having a global reach with more than 130 international affiliates. At the peak of his net worth, he was ranked the 41st-richest American in the Forbes 400.
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business · American cryptocurrency entrepreneur and criminal (born 1992) · business executive · entrepreneur · investor · political donor · convict · also Sam Bankman-Fried, Samuel Bankman-Fried, SBF, Bankman-Fried, Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried
Born 6 March 1992 · Q106543540
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2026· 5 entries
The Guardian: Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to appeal against fraud conviction in FTX case
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Bankman-Fried's appeal was denied
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Public attention spiked: 10,395 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5× the usual 2,072, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: removed nowiki (diffedit)
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted at AOC obliquely promising bitcoin to fund a 2028 Presidential run” No Such Post.
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2025· 2 entries
A federal appeals court in New York heard an argument by Bankman-Fried's attorney that his conviction for fraud should be overturned because he was "presumed guilty
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The Guardian: TV series on Sam Bankman-Fried and crypto firm FTX heads to Netflix
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2024· 10 entries
The Guardian: Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple
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The Guardian: Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-deputy Nishad Singh spared prison time over crypto fraud
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The Guardian: Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years after serving as star witness against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
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Bankman-Fried requested a new trial, claiming Judge Kaplan was biased
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The Guardian: Sam Bankman-Fried funded a group with racist ties. FTX wants its $5m back
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Bankman-Fried appealed his conviction and the 25-year prison sentence
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Was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion
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The court sentenced Bankman-Fried to 25 years in prison
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With Trump's team allegedly giving a potential figure of $5 billion
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She wrote a letter to the judge in February 2024 arguing for lenient sentencing, saying that Bankman-Fried would face extreme danger in prison because he has "trouble responding appropriately to many social cues".
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2023· 15 entries
That they would not proceed to a second trial, stating that its benefits would be outweighed by the "strong public interest" to promptly resolve the case
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With the jury pronouncing Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts
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At the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, presided over by Judge Lewis Kaplan
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Bankman-Fried's counsel averred that his client was not being provided a vegan diet and that his medications for ADHD and depression were running low
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USA Today rated the claim “The DOJ dropped all charges against Bankman-Fried due to Biden donations” False.
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AP News rated the claim “The Department of Justice has dropped all charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who is accused of cheating investors and looting customer deposits on the cryptocurrency trading platform.” False.
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Prosecutors alleged witness tampering after Bankman-Fried gave a reporter personal writings of former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison
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An Insiders Avoidance Complaint was filed against Bankman-Fried and three former FTX/Alameda senior executives seeking to recover "hundreds of millions of dollars that Defendants misappropriated
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USA Today rated the claim “The Biden administration dropped all charges against Sam Bankman-Fried” False.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “Biden administration quietly DROPS all charges against Sam Bankman-Fried.” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Biden administration quietly DROPS all charges against Sam Bankman-Fried.”” False.
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Primarily focused on his making "more than 300 illegal political donations
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The judge presiding over his case, Judge Lewis Kaplan, tightened the bail conditions and forbade Bankman-Fried from contacting current or former employees of FTX without attorneys present
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Bankman-Fried pled "not guilty" to fraud and the other charges
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“more than 300 illegal political donations.”
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2022· 8 entries
Bankman-Fried was arrested shortly after 6:00 p
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Bankman-Fried was arrested in The Bahamas and extradited to the United States, where he was indicted on seven criminal charges, including wire fraud, commodities fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and campaign fi
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FTX, Alameda Research, and more than 130 associated legal entities declared bankruptcy
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Awarded Time 100 (2022).
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FTX announced it had donated $18 million to support "TOGETHER Trial," a private, international, research consortium conducting clinical trials to test existing drugs as treatments for various conditions, including COVID-
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It was disclosed that Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd
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Investment banker Michael Grimes wrote that Bankman-Fried would be willing to commit up to $5 billion
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Bankman-Fried had transferred at least $4 billion from FTX to Alameda Research without any disclosure to the companies' insiders or the public
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2021· 2 entries
Bankman-Fried, along with other industry executives, testified before the U
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Awarded Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong (2021).
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2014· 2 entries
Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science (2010–2014).
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With a bachelor's degree in physics and a minor in mathematics
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1992· 2 entries
Born 1992-03-06.
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To upper-class Jewish parents in Stanford, California
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