Tag: criminal
Former Celsius exec pleads guilty to criminal charges
Roni Cohen-Pavon, the former chief revenue officer of cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius, has reportedly pleaded guilty to charges related to fraud a [...]
Alex Mashinsky Seeks to Quash FTC Case as He Defends Criminal, CEL Token Charges
Mashinsky, alongside his former Chief Technology Officer Hanoch “Nuke” Goldstein, argued the FTC would need to make more rules before taking on novel [...]
Ex-FTX Executive Ryan Salame Pleads Guilty to U.S. Criminal Charges
The guilty plea comes less than a month before the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the FTX founder, is set to begin. Bankman-Fried, who has pleaded not gu [...]
Former FTX exec is planning to plead guilty to criminal charges: Report
Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is reportedly planning to plead guilty to criminal charges related to his alleged involvement i [...]
Alex Mashinsky’s assets frozen by US court as part of criminal case
A federal judge has ordered that certain bank accounts and properties connected to former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky be frozen following a motion from [...]
Sealing docs in Binance case could suggest a criminal probe, says former SEC official
The legal team representing the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its civil case against Binance is requesting the court grant [...]
Donald Trump NFT prices spike following release of mugshot in Georgia criminal case
The price of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) featuring Donald Trump surged after news outlets released a photo of the former United States President as part [...]
The Four Trump Criminal Cases: Strengths and Weaknesses
The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump in Georgia related to accusations that he tried to subvert the 2020 presidential election there mea [...]
The Four Trump Criminal Cases: Strengths and Weaknesses
The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump in Georgia related to accusations that he tried to subvert the 2020 presidential election there mea [...]
Judge in SBF’s criminal case proposes gag order, citing attempt to ‘influence public opinion’
The federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has proposed an order preventing all involved parties an [...]
What criminal charges for Celsius ex-CEO mean for crypto industry
Celsius was one of the top lenders in the crypto ecosystem during the bull market in 2021. At its peak, it served 1.7 million customers and managed $2 [...]
FTX’s Bankman-Fried seeks gag order for all witnesses in criminal case
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to a “gag order” which will prevent him from making comments to third parties that may interfere with his [...]
XRP is not a security, Celsius CEO arrested on criminal charges…
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Judge rules XRP is not a security in SEC’s case against Ripple
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FTC takes aim at OpenAI’s ChatGPT with lengthy criminal investigation questionnaire
OpenAI, maker of AI chatbot ChatGPT and related products, has received a criminal investigative demand (CID) from the United States Federal Trade Comm [...]
Judge says arguments behind SBF’s motions to dismiss criminal charges are ‘moot or without merit’
A federal judge overseeing the case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has denied motions from his legal team seeking to dismiss all but t [...]