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Sam Bankman-Fried
Arcs in the news about Sam Bankman-Fried from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.
Person · 40 stories · 731 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 1, 2023
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| Sep 25, 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 2, 2023 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 75 |
| Oct 9, 2023 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 47 |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| Oct 23, 2023 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 151 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 197 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Dec 25, 2023 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| Mar 11, 2024 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 126 |
| Apr 8, 2024 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Apr 29, 2024 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 40 |
| May 6, 2024 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| May 20, 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| May 27, 2024 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 64 |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Nov 18, 2024 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| May 5, 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Everything else14 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories about Sam Bankman-Fried that are not part of any arc yet
- Nov 20FTX co-founder gets no prison time after cooperating in case against Sam Bankman-Fried12 articles · 11 independent sources1 left, 4 center, 1 right
- Oct 30FTX’s Nishad Singh gets no jail time for role in crypto fraud5 articles · 3 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Sep 24Sean ‘Diddy' Combs moved into same jail housing unit as Sam Bankman-Fried: Sources5 articles · 4 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Sep 24– 25Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison gets 2 years in prison over fraud63 articles · 32 independent sources9 left, 9 center, 6 right
- Sep 13– 14Sam Bankman-Fried appeals fraud conviction tied to FTX collapse14 articles · 8 independent sources0 left, 4 center, 1 right
- May 28Former FTX executive Ryan Salame sentenced to seven and a half years in prison12 articles · 12 independent sources6 left, 3 center, 2 right
- Apr 11– 12Sam Bankman-Fried appeals FTX fraud conviction and 25-year jail term9 articles · 9 independent sources0 left, 4 center, 1 right
- Mar 25– 29Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison140 articles · 82 independent sources16 left, 26 center, 13 right
- Mar 15Prosecutors seek from 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried for cryptocurrency fraud16 articles · 16 independent sources2 left, 5 center, 2 right
- Feb 28Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers push for 6-year sentence in multibillion-dollar FTX fraud6 articles · 6 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 0 right
Stories that name Sam Bankman-Fried
- Nov 11FTX sues crypto exchange Binance and its former CEO Zhao for $1.8 billion10 articles · 7 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 2 right
- May 8– 9FTX says it will return money to most of its customers32 articles · 30 independent sources9 left, 10 center, 2 right
- Apr 30– May 1Binance founder is sentenced to 4 months in prison on money-laundering charges43 articles · 32 independent sources6 left, 10 center, 4 right