Fraud suit against Mercedes & F1 re FTX logos on cars

Fraud suit against Mercedes & F1 re FTX logos on cars

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RDMcG

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19,952 posts

222 months

Tuesday 28th November 2023
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https://www.coinspeaker.com/mercedes-f1-team-mlb-t...


Hard to know in US courts how this will play out. The FTX debacle is a very big case overall.

Eric Mc

123,903 posts

280 months

Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Hmm - I wonder if all the politicians who accepted donations from FTX will also be charged with complicitness in fraud?

zsdom

1,531 posts

135 months

Tuesday 28th November 2023
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Desperate attempt for people to recoup their losses.

I’m going to sue Haas for me not being able to buy a can of Rich Energy in the shops

Sandpit Steve

12,923 posts

89 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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I think it’s fair play to go after individuals, who took unrealistically massive amounts of money to shill for FTX - but their sports sponsorships were simply your standard sports sponsorships, money in exchange for logos and some free tickets. That said, there’s a lot of wealthy people who lost serious amount of cash in FTX, so there’s going to be a decade or more of lawsuits aimed at anyone who ever dealt with them.

Their ‘celebrity marketing’ budget was $1bn over time.
A good video explaining their finances, with totally bonkers numbers.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hzko-cjHhTg

And yes, a whole load of politicians. SBF himself was the second-biggest donor (behind Soros) to the Democrats in 2022, and another IFX executive was a large Republican donor in the same year.

Wilmslowboy

4,549 posts

221 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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zsdom said:
Desperate attempt for people to recoup their losses.

I’m going to sue Haas for me not being able to buy a can of Rich Energy in the shops
I would not bet against the lawyers involved in cases like this, I was amazed to read that as much as 70% of the Madoff losses have been recovered,

PhilAsia

5,947 posts

90 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Wilmslowboy said:
zsdom said:
Desperate attempt for people to recoup their losses.

I’m going to sue Haas for me not being able to buy a can of Rich Energy in the shops
I would not bet against the lawyers involved in cases like this, I was amazed to read that as much as 70% of the Madoff losses have been recovered,
Wow! That is amazing, if true... A pyramid held upside down is a funnel though.

Eric Mc

123,903 posts

280 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Sandpit Steve said:
I think it’s fair play to go after individuals, who took unrealistically massive amounts of money to shill for FTX - but their sports sponsorships were simply your standard sports sponsorships, money in exchange for logos and some free tickets. That said, there’s a lot of wealthy people who lost serious amount of cash in FTX, so there’s going to be a decade or more of lawsuits aimed at anyone who ever dealt with them.

Their ‘celebrity marketing’ budget was $1bn over time.
A good video explaining their finances, with totally bonkers numbers.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hzko-cjHhTg

And yes, a whole load of politicians. SBF himself was the second-biggest donor (behind Soros) to the Democrats in 2022, and another IFX executive was a large Republican donor in the same year.
FTX were also donating to Republicans but they hid those donations because it didn't fit with the image SBF wanted to portray.

gt_12345

1,873 posts

50 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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It's complete nonsense because there would only be wrongdoing if Merc F1 knew FTX were doing illegal things, which they didn't.

MustangGT

13,196 posts

295 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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gt_12345 said:
It's complete nonsense because there would only be wrongdoing if Merc F1 knew FTX were doing illegal things, which they didn't.
Agreed, but, we are talking about the USA........

Eric Mc

123,903 posts

280 months

Thursday 28th March 2024
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Bankman-Fried has just been given a 25 year prison sentence.

StevieBee

14,217 posts

270 months

Thursday 28th March 2024
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Eric Mc said:
Bankman-Fried has just been given a 25 year prison sentence.
Has just dawned on me his name is rather apt for his plight,

Eric Mc

123,903 posts

280 months

Thursday 28th March 2024
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Yes - both elements.

Dingu

4,885 posts

45 months

Thursday 28th March 2024
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Eric Mc said:
Hmm - I wonder if all the politicians who accepted donations from FTX will also be charged with complicitness in fraud?
Any any lawyer who has represented FTX too surely.

Eric Mc

123,903 posts

280 months

Thursday 28th March 2024
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Dingu said:
Eric Mc said:
Hmm - I wonder if all the politicians who accepted donations from FTX will also be charged with complicitness in fraud?
Any any lawyer who has represented FTX too surely.
No - the principle of client priviledge applies.