US District Judge Lewis Kaplan set Bankman-Fried’s sentencing for March 28, 2024
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Donald Trump
Trump business empire under cloud as fraud trial opens in New York
Trump, the first sitting or former US president to be criminally charged, is under indictment in four separate cases
Donald Trump
New York judge rules former President Trump defrauded banks, insurers
Trump overstated his net worth by between $812 million and $2.2 billion; Damages to be decided in a trial starting October 2
Building Safety
Manhattan construction crane accident injures six as blaze causes collapse
The six people who were injured included two firefighters
Donald Trump
Trump criminally charged, a first for a US ex-president
The indictment is seen as a political bombshell that could reshape the 2024 US presidential race
Manhattan
UAE real estate investors refocus on New York deals as Covid rules ease
Knight Frank says UAE investors are particularly interested in Midtown properties
Coca-Cola
Kuwait’s Wafra said to sell Manhattan’s Coca-Cola building for $955m
Just a month after it sold for $909m, Manhattan’s Coca-Cola building has changed hands again, this time for $955m
Eagle Proprietary Investments Limited
Dubai’s Eagle exits investment in luxury New York residential project
Eagle Proprietary Investments Limited has announced its successful exit from its debt investment in $75m Cobble Hill House
Abraaj
Former Abraaj exec held in same New York jail as Mexico’s ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
Mustafa Abdel-Wadood was apprehended at a New York hotel last week
Amin Nasser
The $100bn man: How Aramco CEO Amin Nasser delivered the record-breaking bond
For Nasser, perhaps more at ease with Saudi geology than Wall Street finances, the deal is the culmination of a 37-year career that began in the vast oil fields of the desert kingdom
Abu Dhabi Investment Council
Chrysler Building is said to sell to RFR for about $150m
The tower, completed in 1930 and one of the most recognisable symbols of Manhattan’s skyline, was for a short time the tallest building in the world, only to be surpassed when the Empire State Building
Farea sisters
Investigation finds that Saudi sisters found dead in NY committed suicide
The Saudi embassy has said that rumours that Tala and Rotana Farea were seeking asylum are ‘absolutely false’
Faisal bin Abdul Majeed al-Saud
Saudi prince fails in bid to have New York unpaid rent case dismissed
Faisal bin Abdul Majeed al-Saud had leased the Trump Park Avenue property for several years, but he stopped paying his monthly rent of $115,762 around January 2017
Ashkenazy Acquisition
Alwaleed, Ashkenazy sue over sale of Plaza Hotel in Manhattan
Hotel owners accused of reneging on a deal that gives right of first refusal on the sale of the property
9/11 victims
US judge rules 9/11 suits against Saudi can proceed
Judge said the plaintiffs ‘narrowly articulate a reasonable basis’ to proceed
Donald Trump
Trump Park Avenue sues Saudi prince for not paying rent
Suit seeks more than $1.8 million in back penthouse rent