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SBF’s Political Fixer Salame Stands Defiant on His Way to Prison
SBF’s Political Fixer Salame Stands Defiant on His Way to Prison
Ryan Salame, one of Sam Bankman-Fried’s top lieutenants at FTX, is running out of road as the start of his jail term looms for crimes committed while working at the fraudulent cryptocurrency exchange.
·bloomberg.com·
SBF’s Political Fixer Salame Stands Defiant on His Way to Prison
Editorial: The perils of a one-party state
Editorial: The perils of a one-party state
Justice department officials recently concluded there's no evidence establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone knowingly misreported a $500,000 donation to the Democratic Party of Oregon. But the shoddy due diligence, failure to resolve conflicting information and arrogance by state officials overseeing campaign finance laws show plenty of poor decisions, the editorial board writes.
·oregonlive.com·
Editorial: The perils of a one-party state
DOJ: No charges for FTX $500k OR Dem donation
DOJ: No charges for FTX $500k OR Dem donation
Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to federal charges of campaign finance fraud; Oregon today declined to prosecute under state law
·substack.com·
DOJ: No charges for FTX $500k OR Dem donation
Oregon prosecutors won’t charge state Democratic Party leaders, convicted crypto exec with breaking campaign finance law
Oregon prosecutors won’t charge state Democratic Party leaders, convicted crypto exec with breaking campaign finance law
The Oregon Department of Justice announced Wednesday that did not find enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that former FTX executive Nishad Singh and state Democratic Party leaders knowingly misreported the source of the crypto trading company's 2022 donation.
·oregonlive.com·
Oregon prosecutors won’t charge state Democratic Party leaders, convicted crypto exec with breaking campaign finance law
DOJ: No charges for FTX $500k OR Dem donation
DOJ: No charges for FTX $500k OR Dem donation
Nishad Singh pleaded guilty to federal charges of campaign finance fraud; Oregon today declined to prosecute under state law
·substack.com·
DOJ: No charges for FTX $500k OR Dem donation
FTX stole customer funds for political donations: Testimony
FTX stole customer funds for political donations: Testimony
Nishad Singh, who gave Oregon Dems $500k in 2022, testified yesterday how he and other FTX officials fraudulently funneled stolen customer funds to political campaigns
·oregonroundup.substack.com·
FTX stole customer funds for political donations: Testimony
Bankman-Fried used $100 mln in stolen FTX funds for political donations, US says
Bankman-Fried used $100 mln in stolen FTX funds for political donations, US says
Sam Bankman-Fried used money he stole from customers of his FTX cryptocurrency exchange to make more than $100 million in political campaign contributions before the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, federal prosecutors said on Monday.
·reuters.com·
Bankman-Fried used $100 mln in stolen FTX funds for political donations, US says
Bankman-Fried campaign finance charge dropped, lessening trial's political focus
Bankman-Fried campaign finance charge dropped, lessening trial's political focus
The decision by U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday to drop a campaign finance charge against Sam Bankman-Fried may keep his trial focused on what the government considers his main crime: stealing billions of dollars from cryptocurrency customers at his now-bankrupt FTX exchange.
·reuters.com·
Bankman-Fried campaign finance charge dropped, lessening trial's political focus
The Columbia River (dis)Gorge
The Columbia River (dis)Gorge
New campaign finance filings show Senator Wyden and Rep. Hoyle have belatedly purged their campaign coffers of legally and/or politically suspect contributions
·oregonroundup.substack.com·
The Columbia River (dis)Gorge
Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Democratic Party of Oregon said Friday it will send a half-million dollars to the U.S. Marshals Service that had been donated by a former executive at the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange FTX , to conform with a request from the U.S.
·apnews.com·
Oregon Democratic Party to send federal officials a $500,000 donation from former FTX executive
Oregon Investigates Crypto Exec’s Political Donation
Oregon Investigates Crypto Exec’s Political Donation
A former executive at the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange FTX donated $500,000 to the state’s Democratic Party under a false name. Here are the events that led up to the misreported donation and Oregon’s response.
·governing.com·
Oregon Investigates Crypto Exec’s Political Donation
Campaign Vendors Are the Next Clawback Targets in FTX Bankruptcy
Campaign Vendors Are the Next Clawback Targets in FTX Bankruptcy
Nossaman’s Chris Hughes and Bill Powers analyze the next clawback targets of FTX bankruptcy proceedings: campaign vendors and political action committees—saying they must comply with Federal Election Commission rules.
·news.bloomberglaw.com·
Campaign Vendors Are the Next Clawback Targets in FTX Bankruptcy
Editorial: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s recusal offers too little, too late
Editorial: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s recusal offers too little, too late
Rosenblum recused herself from the investigation into disgraced cryptocurrency executive Nishad Singh, whose $500,000 donation to the Democratic Party of Oregon was falsely reported as coming from a Las Vegas company. Rosenblum should have ensured independence long ago, considering the cozy relationship she and former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan have had with the Democratic Party.
·oregonlive.com·
Editorial: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s recusal offers too little, too late