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FTX origins, mistakes made, ‘Freakoutness’: SBF on the stand

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried returns to the stand Monday, when he's likely to face a bruising cross-examination based on his Friday testimony that he made mistakes but didn't commit fraud that led to the cryptocurrency exchange's collapse.Bankman-Fried was questioned by his own lawyer on Friday, and he used his time on the stand to offer alternative explanations for actions prosecutors have described as nefarious. The case against Bankman-Fried centers on allegedly fraudulent transfers of billions in FTX customer funds to an affiliated hedge fund, Alameda Research, in which he held a 90% interest. We are now on WhatsApp. Click to join. The onetime crypto mogul also tried to push back on the prosecution testimony of three former close associates — FTX co-founder Gary Wang, engineeri...
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Out on Bumble date, girl spikes man’s drink, decamps with iPhone 14, gold, cash

A Bumble date of a man allegedly decamped with his iPhone 14, gold jewellery, and drained his bank accounts of ₹1.78 lakh after drugging him in his house in DLF Phase 4, police said on Wednesday. Rohit Gupta, the victim, in his complaint said he had met a woman named Sakshi alias Payal through Bumble dating app. He said the woman told him she was from Delhi and was currently living with her aunt in Gurugram."On October 1, she called me and said she wanted to meet me. Around 10 pm, she called me to pick her up from near Dockyard Bar in Sector 47. I picked her and then bought some liquor from a nearby shop and came to my house," Gupta said in his complaint. At his house, the woman asked him to go to the kitchen to bring ice, and when he was away, spiked his drink with some drug. "The ef...
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Inspired By Movie, Servant Killed Child With Disabilities In Delhi: Cops

The suspect was caught at the New Delhi Railway Station. (Representational)New Delhi: Drawing inspiration from the 1996 film 'Tu Chor Main Sipahi', a 17-year-old domestic help killed his employer's child with disabilities and tried to flee with cash and jewellery, leaving behind a black glove, the police in Delhi said on Thursday.He was caught within three hours, just as his train was about to leave the station, the Safdarjung Enclave police said.The child had been found dead a day ago at his home. The boy's parents and grandmother had gone to a temple, and his sister too left for the market after a while. When she came back, she found her brother dead.When she checked the house, she found that some jewellery, a mobile phone and around Rs 40,000 in cash were also missing, police said.Ac...