Sam Bankman-Fried funded a group with racist ties. FTX wants its $5m back
The big idea
The big idea: is it OK to do wrong for the greater good?
May 2024
Ex-FTX executive gets over seven years for making illegal political donations
Ryan Salame is first of Sam Bankman-Fried’s lieutenants to get jail time for his role in 2022 collapse of cryptocurrency exchange
Wytham Abbey put up for sale for £15m by effective altruism group EVF
Effective Ventures Foundation puts 27-bedroom house visited by Queen Elizabeth I on sale after paying nearly $27m to FTX creditors
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX says it will be able to repay creditors full $11bn
CEO confirms once company has sold off remaining assets it will have more than amount required
April 2024
Binance founder sentenced to four months for money laundering
Sam Bankman-Fried appeals FTX fraud convictions and 25-year prison sentence
March 2024
‘Old-fashioned embezzlement’: where did all of FTX’s money go?
Sam Bankman-Fried will appeal his 25-year sentence – as it happened
‘He knew it was wrong’: Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison over FTX fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to prison. The crypto industry isn’t any better for it
Molly White
Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit
Aditya Chakrabortty
Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multibillion-dollar fraud this week
The rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried: an unrepentant ex-mogul faces down decades in prison
Sam Bankman-Fried deserves 40 to 50 years for FTX fraud, prosecutors say
February 2024
Sam Bankman-Fried lawyer argues long prison sentence would be ‘grotesque’
Disgraced cryptocurrency mogul faces 100 years for wire fraud and conspiracy to launder money, a term his lawyer calls ‘barbaric’
January 2024
FTX scraps plan to revive exchange and will repay billions to customers
Cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried ‘an irresponsible sham created by a convicted felon’, lawyer says
December 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried will not face second trial after multibillion-dollar crypto fraud conviction
US prosecutors say ‘strong public interest’ in prompt resolution of case against 31-year-old outweighs benefits of second trial
It's giving 2023
Tough mouths, tears and ‘accordion hands’: a courtroom sketch artist’s banner year
Elizabeth Williams has been sketching since the 1980s – but with Trump, De Niro, Sheeran and Trump again, nothing quite compares to 2023
John Crace on the villains of 2023: ‘We used to debate whether she was dim or vindictive. The answer appears to be both’
This year’s rogue’s gallery is full to the brim. The Guardian’s sketch writer picks out some of the biggest rotters, from Suella and SBF to Elon Musk and Lord Dave
