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  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    Baupost Group LLC
    Baupost sues UK developer for breaking Royal Albert Dock ‘deal’

    US hedge fund claims DPK reneged on agreement to buy assets of London project together

  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    FT Magazine
    ‘Sam? Are you there?!’ The bizarre and brutal final hours of FTX

    How Sam Bankman-Fried and his band of millennial millionaires lost a $40bn crypto empire

  • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
    The Big Read
    Can the pioneer of blockchain gaming survive the crypto winter?

    Yat Siu has become the pre-eminent investor in this hyped field. But as well as the slump in crypto assets, he faces questions from regulators

  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    Google LLC
    Google invests $300mn in AI start-up Anthropic

    Cash-for-computing deal shows how large tech groups are investing in companies at the vanguard of generative AI

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    Celsius Network Ltd
    Crypto lender Celsius misused customer funds for years, examiner finds

    Group used investor money to prop up its own CEL coin, says law firm appointed by US court

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Bribery and corruption
    Global fixer of corrupt energy deals sentenced to year in US prison

    Unaoil’s Saman Ahsani helped build an empire of bribery involving 27 companies

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto broker Genesis puts lending unit into Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    Company is latest casualty of fallout from implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Property sector
    Olympic Village owner sued over fire proofing bill five years after Grenfell

    Social housing landlord in dispute with company owned by Qatari Diar, Dutch pension fund APG and Delancey clients

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Sam Bankman-Fried
    FTX boss invested in Paradigm fund that backed his crypto exchange

    Court documents shed light on Sam Bankman-Fried’s circular transactions

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Qatar
    Qatari royals in London court battle over coveted ‘Idol’s Eye’ diamond

    The 70 carat gemstone once owned by an Ottoman sultan is at centre of dispute between members of the al-Thani family

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    Celsius Network Ltd
    Celsius founder Mashinsky sued for fraud by New York attorney-general

    Crypto lender’s former chief executive ‘acted as a modern-day Robin Hood’ but misled investors, lawsuit alleges

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    PPE MedPro
    PPE Medpro gave ‘invalid’ accreditation for gowns, UK government claims

    Lawsuit alleges group linked to Conservative peer provided documentation from a company that denied issuing it

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    FTX Trading Ltd
    Bahamian authorities were tipped off by top Bankman-Fried associate

    FTX executive told securities regulator crypto exchange was likely funnelling cash to Alameda trading firm

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Accounting & Consulting services
    The Ritblat vs HMRC files

    All the paperwork from the English tax case of the year

  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    Sam Bankman-Fried
    Bankman-Fried charged in one of ‘biggest financial frauds’ in US history

    Indictment brings eight criminal counts against crypto entrepreneur arrested in the Bahamas

  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    THG PLC
    Council reviewed £202mn ‘loan to THG’ but lent to ecommerce group’s founder instead

    Warrington’s biggest ever commercial loan was made to Matt Moulding after erroneous internal report

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    FTX Trading Ltd
    Revealed: the Alameda venture capital portfolio

    A look inside Sam and Caroline’s grab-bag of crypto, etc.

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    FTX Trading Ltd
    Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund took big hit to prop up FTX exchange

    Alameda Research sustained up to $1bn loss last year when client’s trade on obscure token went sour

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    BlockFi Lending
    BlockFi sues Sam Bankman-Fried over Robinhood shares

    Complaint against FTX founder comes as crypto company becomes latest to seek bankruptcy protection

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto investor DCG reveals web of investments between units

    Dealings reflect complex links at Barry Silbert’s group, which includes struggling Genesis

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    The Big Read
    FTX: inside the crypto exchange that ‘accidentally’ lost $8bn

    The chaotic collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s company has revealed a lack of basic security controls and bookkeeping

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    New FTX chief says crypto group’s lack of control worse than Enron

    John Ray criticises ‘absence of trustworthy financial information’ at sprawling digital assets group

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    EY
    HMRC sues EY over alleged misrepresentations in Ritblat tax case

    Lawsuit linked to broader dispute between UK’s tax authority and property investor

  • Saturday, 12 November, 2022
    FTX Trading Ltd
    FTX held less than $1bn in liquid assets against $9bn in liabilities

    Vast gap highlights the dire state of Sam Bankman-Fried’s exchange before it collapsed into bankruptcy

  • Friday, 11 November, 2022
    Sam Bankman-Fried
    Bankman-Fried empire spans billions of dollars of illiquid investments

    Sprawling venture capital portfolio will add to the complexity of the insolvency proceedings

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