John Reed Stark, president of John Reed Stark Consulting and a former SEC Enforcement Division member, speculates on the likelihood of a criminal indictment being filed against Binance. Stark cites evidence that led to a sealed indictment against Binance for fraud, obstruction of...
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has expressed concerns that prosecutors have failed to meet discovery deadlines, resulting in the absence of crucial evidence for his defense against a series of fraud charges. Bankman-Fried’s legal team informed US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan via...
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), who previously served as CEO and co-founder of FTX, is seeking to have most of the criminal charges against him dropped by federal prosecutors prior to his trial. In a last-minute legal move, SBF’s defense team filed seven motions to...
Shanxi police in China have arrested a criminal gang involved in manufacturing and distributing fake cryptocurrency wallets. The gang had been distributing fake wallet Android Package kit (APK) installation packages through popular messaging apps. The gang distributed counterfeit wallet APK installation packages through...
The US prosecutors were looking into Signature Bank’s dealings with crypto clients when regulators abruptly shut down the institution on March 12. The regulators said that keeping the bank open would pose a threat to the stability of the entire financial system. The...