SBF’s Supreme Court Appeal Challenges Conviction Evidence and $11B Forfeiture

What’s the Case for Supreme Court Review of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Conviction?

An answer to Sam Bankman-Fried’s petition to the Supreme Court could come soon. Cointelegraph talked to the lawyers about the former FTX CEO’s last legal avenues for early release.

SBF's Supreme Court Bid Targets $11B Forfeiture, New Trial

Sam Bankman-Fried’s final direct challenge to his FTX fraud conviction is moving deeper into the U.S. Supreme Court process after the justices gave the federal government until November 16 to respond to his petition seeking a new trial and relief from an $11.02 billion forfeiture judgment. The former FTX CEO filed his petition for a writ of certiorari on September 10 after the Second Circuit rejected his appeal in June. The Supreme Court dockete…

Could SBF cut his $11B forfeiture without winning a new trial?

Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) lawyer in his appeal to the United States Supreme Court, Jeffrey Fisher, told Cointelegraph that Sam’s petition to the Supreme Court raises two key arguments. First, Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial used irrelevant losses incurred by the customers of FTX to determine whether he should be charged with crimes. Second, his $11 billion forfeiture...

SBF’s Supreme Court appeal challenges conviction evidence and $11B forfeiture

Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) lawyer in his appeal to the United States Supreme Court, Jeffrey Fisher, told Cointelegraph that Sam’s petition to the Supreme Court raises two key arguments. First, Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial used irrelevant losses incurred by the customers of FTX to determine whether he should be charged with crimes. Second, his $11 billion forfeiture violates the Eighth Amendment. Why the November deadline is the next thing to w…