Mar 28 Watch 5:46 Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for massive FTX fraud By William Brangham, Courtney Norris, Shoshana Dubnow Former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for what prosecutors said was one of the biggest financial crimes in U.S. history. Bankman-Fried was found to have stolen at least $8 billion from FTX customers. William… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 5:11 Trump hush money trial set for April 15 as N.Y. court reduces fraud bond By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The first criminal trial of former President Donald Trump is set to begin in April after a judge rejected Trump’s claims of prosecutorial misconduct. That comes as a New York appeals court reduced the amount he needs to post in… Continue watching
Mar 21 Trump's lawyers keep fighting $454 million fraud appeal bond By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are continuing to press an appellate court to excuse him from covering a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals. Continue reading
Feb 06 Judge wants answers after report that key witness in Trump fraud trial may plead guilty to perjury By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The judge in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial is demanding more information after a key witness was reported to be in negotiations to plead guilty to a perjury in connection with his testimony in the case. Continue reading
Nov 02 FTX founder Sam-Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding cryptocurrency customers By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A New York jury has convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of fraud charges. The 31-year-old California man was convicted Thursday in Manhattan federal court by jurors who rejected his testimony that he didn't defraud customers. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 4:13 News Wrap: Judge orders Ivanka Trump to testify in father's civil fraud trial In our news wrap Friday, a New York judge ordered Ivanka Trump to testify in her father's civil fraud trial, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried began testifying and denied he defrauded anyone with his cryptocurrency exchange, Acapulco remains largely cut off… Continue watching
Oct 20 Judge fines Trump $5,000 after post disparaging court staffer is found on campaign website By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in contempt, for now, but reserved the right to do so — and possibly even put him in jail — if he continued to violate a gag order barring parties in the case from… Continue reading
Oct 18 Judge warns Trump to keep quiet as witness testifies against him in civil fraud trial By Jennifer Peltz, Michael Sisak, Associated Press A judge has warned Donald Trump and others at his New York civil fraud trial to keep the volume after the former president threw up his hands in frustration and spoke aloud to his lawyers while a witness was testifying… Continue reading
Oct 17 Trump employee and appraiser testify against him in civil fraud trial By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Trump company accountant Donna Kidder testified that she was told to make some assumptions favorable to the firm on internal financial spreadsheets. Outside appraiser Doug Larson said he didn't suggest or condone a former Trump Organization comptroller's methods of valuing… Continue reading
Oct 10 Trump civil fraud trial resumes with ex-CFO Weisselberg testifying By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Weisselberg has laid low since leaving a New York City jail six months ago after serving 100 days for dodging taxes on $1.7 million in job perks, including a Manhattan apartment, luxury cars for him and his wife and his… Continue reading