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New Evolve Statement: ‘Vast Majority’ of Synapse Funds Are at Other Banks
November 27, 2024

Evolve Bank & Trust said Wednesday (Nov. 27) that the “vast majority” of end user funds related to the Synapse Financial Technologies bankruptcy that were once held by Evolve were moved by Synapse to other banks about a year ago, before the bankruptcy. The bank...

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Barclays Calls on Ex-CEO to Fight $50 Million UK Fine
November 24, 2024

Barclays has reportedly asked ex-CEO John Varley to help it challenge a $50 million fine. The British banking giant will appear before the upper tribunal in London this week, challenging the fine over an emergency fundraising with investors from Qatar at the height of the...

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Lawsuit Accuses Ticketmaster and Live Nation of ‘Racketeering Activity’
November 18, 2024

A new lawsuit brought by fans of Taylor Swift and other musicians reportedly accuses Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, of colluding with other organizations to drive up ticket prices. The plaintiffs allege that this conduct violates the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, as...

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FTX Blasts Binance’s ‘Campaign to Destroy’ in $1.8 Billion Lawsuit
November 11, 2024

FTX is suing cryptocurrency giant Binance and its former CEO for $1.8 billion. The lawsuit, filed Sunday (Nov. 10) by the FTX bankruptcy estate, centers around what FTX labeled a “fraudulent” share deal. It also accuses ex-Binance chief executive Chanpeng Zhao of orchestrating a “campaign to destroy” his one-time...

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FTX Sues Anthony Scaramucci to Recover Creditor Funds
November 10, 2024

FTX has reportedly sued former Trump administration official Anthony Scaramucci to recover creditor funds. The suit was one of several filed by the bankrupt cryptocurrency company in its efforts to claw back money owed to its creditors, TechCrunch reported Saturday (Nov. 9). In addition to...

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FTX Star Witness Caroline Ellison Begins 2-Year Prison Sentence
November 07, 2024

Cryptocurrency-executive-turned-government-witness Caroline Ellison’s stint in prison is officially underway. Ellison, whose testimony helped convict FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud last year, arrived at a Connecticut low-security federal prison Thursday (Nov. 7), CNBC reported, citing a Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. Ellison was sentenced in September...

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GoodRx and CVS Sued for Suppressing Pharmacy Reimbursement
November 05, 2024

Smaller pharmacies are accusing GoodRx and CVS of colluding to suppress generic prescription drug reimbursements. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Nov. 5), drug coupon aggregator GoodRx and a pair of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — CVS’s Caremark unit and Express Scripts — have all been named in at least three lawsuits by independent pharmacies. PBMs, the...

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FTX Engineering Chief Gets Probation in Crypto Fraud Case
October 30, 2024

One-time FTX executive Nishad Singh was sentenced to three years of supervised release — with no prison time — Wednesday (Oct. 30) afternoon. Before announcing the sentence, a federal judge noted Singh’s cooperation with prosecutors, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Singh, former chief engineer at...

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J.P. Morgan Sues TikTok Users Over ATM ‘Glitch’
October 29, 2024

Over the summer, a curious fad went viral on TikTok, involving Chase Bank. People were writing fake checks and depositing them into the bank’s ATMs, withdrawing thousands of dollars thanks to a technical error — dubbed “the infinite money glitch” on TikTok and “check fraud”...