Samuel Raymond - Sam Bankman-Fried Case Archive

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Conducted direct and redirect examination of prosecution witness Tareq Morad on Day 9. On Day 11, he conducted the direct examinations of prosecution witnesses Eliora Michaela Katz and Cory Gaddis.

During Katz's examination, Raymond read a stipulation, after which the court instructed the jury that it must accept the stipulated fact. Across the three examinations, he presented customer-account testimony, FTX policy and public-statement evidence, and Google record-authentication evidence.

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Federal Criminal Trial3

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Conducted Tareq Morad's direct examination on Day 9 and returned for redirect after the defense cross-examination.

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Conducted Eliora Michaela Katz's direct examination on Day 11. After Raymond read a stipulation, the court instructed the jury to accept the stipulated fact.

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Eliora Michaela Katz — DirectDay 11

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Conducted Cory Gaddis's direct examination on Day 11.

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Cory Gaddis — DirectDay 11

Trial Record (7)

FederalFederal Criminal TrialOct 3, 2023 – Nov 2, 2023

Conducted direct examinations of prosecution witnesses Tareq Morad, Eliora Michaela Katz, and Cory Gaddis, as well as Morad's redirect examination, on Days 9 and 11.

Day 7

Oct 12, 2023

ProceduralPost-Session SchedulingZac Prince3lines spoken

Day 9

Oct 16, 2023

sidebarDefendant’s Missed Adderall Dose3lines spoken

Summary

Defense counsel reported that the defendant had not received his extended-dose Adderall and discussed efforts to reach officials handling the issue.

DirectTareq Morad — DirectTareq MoradSamuel Raymond82lines spoken

Summary

Tareq Morad traced roughly $500,000 in FTX funding through North Dimension, described his expectations that deposits remained under his control, and testified that he relied on a withdrawal assurance before an unsuccessful attempt to recover a documented $257,948.53 balance.

CrossTareq Morad — CrossTareq MoradDavid F. Lisner4lines spoken

Summary

Morad acknowledged prior cryptocurrency-exchange experience, market-driven account losses, and that he had not read FTX's terms, while identifying the Twitter withdrawal assurance as his principal recalled basis for believing his deposited money was present.

RedirectTareq Morad — RedirectTareq MoradSamuel Raymond3lines spoken

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Morad placed his opportunity to review FTX's terms of service at account signup, around March 31 or April 1, 2021.

Day 11

Oct 18, 2023

DirectEliora Michaela Katz — DirectEliora Michaela KatzSamuel Raymond154lines spoken

Summary

Eliora Katz described FTX US's policy advocacy and Bankman-Fried's congressional appearances, then addressed public claims about customer protection while emphasizing that she neither drafted the earlier materials nor knew the underlying operations.

DirectCory Gaddis — DirectCory GaddisSamuel Raymond86lines spoken

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Google records custodian Cory Gaddis explained Google's automatic metadata, authenticated files through a hash check, and supported the admission of 18 exhibits before interpreting selected fields in Government Exhibit 44M.