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By Aaron Nicodemus2022-12-13T22:24:00
A flurry of criminal and civil fraud charges laid against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have pulled back the veil on the cryptocurrency exchange’s complete lack of internal controls and toothless risk management procedures.
Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday in the Bahamas, just as he was preparing to testify before the House Committee on Financial Services about why FTX, once valued at $32 billion, collapsed and filed for bankruptcy in November.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled an eight-count indictment Tuesday from a federal grand jury for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Bankman-Fried. The FTX founder is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission and commit campaign finance violations. Five of the charges each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; three others carry a maximum sentence of five years each.
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2024-07-17T15:39:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
FTX Trading and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have agreed on a $4 billion settlement in bankruptcy court to settle the CFTC’s lawsuit against the failed crypto trading platform.
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Why the wild disparity in the sentences of Binance’s Changpeng Zhao and FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried? Aaron Nicodemus argues the performance of the compliance teams at the two cryptocurrency exchanges was as big a contrast as the penalties earned by their respective founders.
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RTX Corp., the parent company of Raytheon, disclosed in a public filing it has reserved $1.24 billion to resolve legacy legal matters with the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Department of State.
2024-07-26T15:51:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority issued a fine of $4.5 million (3.5 million pounds) against a U.K.-based subsidiary of crypto platform Coinbase for providing services to high-risk customers in violation of FCA rules.
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Admera Health agreed to pay more than $5.5 million to resolve allegations first brought by two whistleblowers that it paid kickbacks to third-party contractors, the Department of Justice said.
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