Friday, March 20, 2026

After SBF Got 25 Years US Opposed His Motion His Mother Got Admonished So Pro Se



After SBF Got 25 Years US Opposed His Motion His Mother Got Admonished So Pro Se

by Matthew Russell Lee

SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 18 – On the US v Sam Bankman-Fried trial, hours after the guilty verdict, a book was published: "Crypto Criminal: The Conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried: As live tweeted and investigated from inside the SDNY courthouse by Matthew Russell Lee," audio/book here.

  On March 28, 2024, Inner City Press live tweeted his sentencing, to 25 years.

On May 28 Salame was "sentenced to 90 months."

On August 21, Salame filed that "the Government used the plea negotiations to threaten Salame’s domestic partner and the mother of his child, Michelle Bond." Full filing on Patreon here.

On February 10, SBF - via his monther - filed a pro se motion for a new trial, arguing why Salame and Daniel Chapsky did not testify.

On March 11 the US Attorney's Office filed a 44 page opposition, full 44 pages on Patreon here.

Docketed on March 16, SBF through his mother Barbara Fried asked for more time to reply; she says SBF will be moved from Terminal Island soon, without saying to where or why. Filing on Patreon here.

On March 19, after Judge Kaplan admonished his mother for the letter and apparently a telephone call to chambers, SBF's own letter was docketed, asking for an extension of time due to a move from Terminal Island - letter on Patreon here

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