Danielle Kudla prosecuted the case for the United States, conducting examinations that connected FTX's assurances to customer withdrawal decisions and developed evidence involving Alameda meeting recordings, phone-location records, and Signal auto-deletion. Her Day 7 evidentiary argument was followed by the court's decision to admit six government all-hands clips at least as prior consistent statements.
ProsecutionUnited States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York
Danielle Kudla
Assistant United States Attorney who represented the government in the federal prosecution of Samuel Bankman-Fried.
AppearedFederal Criminal Trial
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Danielle Kudla served on the prosecution team and conducted examinations that developed several distinct parts of the government's trial evidence. On Day 2, she questioned Marc-Antoine Julliard about FTX's reputation and November 2022 assurances, his decision to leave substantial funds on the exchange, and withdrawal requests that were not processed. Her redirect distinguished ordinary cryptocurrency price volatility from Julliard's concern that FTX might spend funds he regarded as his own.
On Day 7, Kudla argued that statements by Caroline Ellison fell within an agency exception because Bankman-Fried retained authority over major Alameda decisions. The court separately allowed six government all-hands meeting clips at least as prior consistent statements, rejected one defense clip, and permitted another defense clip to follow. Kudla then examined Christian Drappi about Alameda leadership, Bankman-Fried's continuing access and trading influence, Ellison's November 2022 shortfall disclosures, and the authentication of meeting recordings and transcripts.
On Day 10, Kudla's direct examination of FBI agent Richard Busick introduced historical cell-site analysis placing the 9179 phone in Manhattan or near specified meeting locations during relevant periods. Defense cross-examination then established the limits of that evidence: the analysis could not identify the phone's user or disclose the content of communications.
On Day 14, Kudla examined FBI Special Agent Marc Troiano about a chart of 325 Signal groups involving Bankman-Fried, including 288 with auto-deletion enabled. Troiano limited the analysis to data recovered from Gary Wang's laptop and Caroline Ellison's phone.
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