The former FTX executive originally purchased the property for $7.2 million in September 2021 through the Alameda Research Fund, with FTX Digital Markets facilitating the transaction. The company sent an additional $8.1 million to Salame’s real estate attorney in November to complete the transaction....
John Ray, who was named Chief Executive of FTX after Bankman-Fried stepped down and the company filed for bankruptcy on 11 November, criticised the founder's leadership and explained what led to the collapse of FTX. Giving evidence in a congression...
Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison, the government's star witness against Sam Bankman-Fried, took the stand Tuesday and accused him of orchestrating fraud at the cryptocurrency exchange. "He directed me to commit these crimes," Ellison — who last year agreed to a deal with prosecutors in wh...
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during an interview on an episode of Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein in New York, Aug 17, 2022.Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg v...
Ellison and Bankman-Fried began to liquidate Alameda Research’s investments — freeing up cash for buybacks, according to the CFTC complaint. It wasn’t enough. During that period, Bankman-Fried, Ellison, and a third, unnamed FTX executive expressed surprise that the price of Bitcoin ...
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But while in prison, he met and became friends with such felons as Steven D. Wymer, whose Newport Beach companies bilked $105 million from cities from Orange County to Iowa, and Andrew Ligget, a convicted executive in Keating’s Lincoln Savings & Loan scandal. Ligget’s wife introduced Mink...
S&C acted as primary counsel for FTX.US, FTX Derivatives (formerly Ledger X) which was a subsidiary of FTX.US (‘LedgerX’), and Emergent (an entity owned by Sam that invested in Robinhood shares). S&C also acted as personal counsel to Nishad [Nishad Sing...
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, speaks during an interview on an episode of Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein in New York, Aug 17, 2022.Jeenah Moon/Bloomb...
FTX and its former chief executive officer, Democratic mega-donor Bankman-Fried, will be in congressional cross hairs next month as House and Senate panels probe the company's collapse. The House Financial Services and Senate Banking committees plan December hearings that will look at FTX's sudden...