Sam Bankman-Fried, former boss of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has arrived by plane in New York from the Bahamas to face fraud charges. The 30-year-old was extradited on suspicion of committing “one of the biggest financial frauds in US history”, US authorities have said. Mr Bankman-Fried, who denies the allegations, may appear in court later…
The ex-girlfriend of disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried and a co-founder of FTX pleaded guilty to fraud charges in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange and are both cooperating with federal prosecutors, officials announced Wednesday night. Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund company Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, a co-founder of…
Eli Okkon, an Israeli attorney representing some high-profile clients, including the infamous Tinder Swindler Simon Leviev, claimed he had been robbed in Budapest by a woman he met through the popular dating app. Okkon claims to have also been physically assaulted and that the crimes against him were of antisemitic nature, as he says his…
Two Queens men have been arrested and are facing up to 10 years in prison on charges that they conspired with Russian hackers to tamper with JFK airport’s taxi queuing software, allegedly allowing drivers to cut the line for a fee. According to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Daniel Abayev and Peter Leyman, both 48,…
Kazakhstan plans to launch a pilot project next month that would transport oil to Germany via Russia’s major Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline amid a ban by EU countries on the vast majority of imports of Russian oil over Moscow’s ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Kazakhstan’s QazMunaiGaz energy giant said on December 21 that the pilot project…
Two British tech entrepreneurs who led an event and travel startup that was worth as much as $800 million spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on drug- and alcohol-fueled parties and ran a “frat boy” culture rife with sexual harassment before the company imploded, according to a report. Callum Negus-Fancey, 32, and his brother, Liam,…
The FBI has increased the number of agents working on the case of four murdered University of Idaho students, after over a month without any suspects or leads. There are now 62 FBI agents, including four members of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) working on the case, up from 46, with the local Moscow Police…
Russian-Israeli oligarch Roman Abramovich was photographed Tuesday visiting the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, reportedly for the bar mitzvah of his son, Aaron. Abramovich, 56, the former owner of England’s Chelsea soccer club, has been sanctioned by Britain and the EU for his purported support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s…
WASHINGTON – The new federal omnibus bill includes $305 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, a significant increase from the current year’s $250 million. The NSGP has been a major agenda item for many Jewish organizations. Since the terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Jewish organizations have urged Congress to double…
Tuesday is the third night of Hanukkah — but Jewish inmates in Broward County jails will have to celebrate the holiday without a lit menorah. That’s because the Broward Sheriff’s Office doesn’t allow the menorah to be lit with a real flame inside county jails. Rabbi Shmaya Waks joined more than 20 other rabbis in…