Tagged: sam bankman-fried

January 12, 2023 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX – once one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world and now in the midst of bankruptcy, has taken to Substack to pleed his case. Bankman-Fried, now effectively under house arrest, claims that if he had… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has announced that it took $3.5 billion in crypto from FTX for safekeeping, according to a statement distributed by the Commission yesterday (December 29, 2022). The Commission stated that based on information provided by former FTX CEO Sam… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 3:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funds have been on the move from Alameda Research wallets – mostly in small amounts with the majority being combined into two digital wallets prior to being sent to FixedFloat/ChangeNow. This is according to a report by Martin Lee at Nansen – a blockchain analytics… Read More

December 23, 2022 @ 6:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Former CEO of Alameda Research Carolyn Ellison has apologized for her misdeeds pertaining to the collapse of FTX as well as Alameda. Gary Wang, FTX co-founder and former CTO, has also acknowledged his errors, according to multiple reports. Both Ellison and Wang have pleaded guilty… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, extradited to the US last night, will be released on $250 million, according to multiple reports. The former FTX CEO will be restricted to his parents’ home as part of the deal. Charges against Bankman-Fried were revealed last week. The indictment claims that… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 11:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder and former CTO Gary Wang. The enforcement action was due to the pair’s role in the failure of FTX and their roles in a “multiyear scheme to… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 11:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has announced additional charges in the ongoing criminal case against FTX. According to a Tweet, the US District Court, Southern District New York, has filed charges against former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang. Williams said the charges… Read More

December 20, 2022 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried is expected to be extradited to the US perhaps as early as this week, according to a report. The former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX was in court this week and is expected not to fight extradition from the Bahamas. Previously, it… Read More

December 17, 2022 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The trifecta of legal action against Sam Bankman-Fried and the failure of FTX blossomed this past week as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed criminal charges against Bankman-Fried. These charges were joined by civil charges filed by both the… Read More

December 15, 2022 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past Tuesday, the House Committee on Financial Services hosted a hearing with a single witness – John J. Ray, III, the new CEO of FTX. Originally, the Committee had scheduled the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, to testify, but his arrest the day… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Banking Committee hearing on FTX, taking place today, has extended the discourse on the collapse of what was once one of the largest crypto exchanges in operation. While not involving any current FTX employees, testimony and perspective are being provided by four different… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

This afternoon, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York held a press conference discussing the indictment of Sam Bankman-Fried, the one-time CEO of FTX and now the alleged perpetrator of one of the largest frauds in history. As the details emerge,… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and Alameda Research. The CFTC complaint charges the defendants with fraud and material misrepresentations in connection with the sale… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Attorney’s Office, Southern District New York, has unsealed the criminal charges filed against Sam Bankman-Fried and his firms including FTX. The criminal charges were revealed yesterday when the Bahamas announced it expected to extradite Bankman-Fried following a formal request. The indictment states that… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, has issued a  statement on the arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX. The statement was issued prior to the announcement of civil charges being filed by both the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities Futures… Read More

December 13, 2022 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed fraud charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX. The crypto exchange filed bankruptcy last month as allegations of malfeasance surfaced. In a simultaneous action, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced charges as well…. Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 11:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Representative Maxine Waters, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, has issued a statement following Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest in the Bahamas. As was reported earlier, Bankman-Fried was taken into custody by Bahamian authorities following the revelation of an indictment by the US Department of Justice…. Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 7:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX, has been placed under arrest in the Bahamas. Bankman-Fried has lived in the Bahamas since FTX became a regulated entity under Bahamanian law. FTX filed for bankruptcy protection last month under US law. Bankman-Fried was arrested… Read More

December 12, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow’s hearing at the House Financial Services Committee is widely anticipated across the crypto industry. Both current FTX CEO, John J. Ray, III, and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, are scheduled to testify on the collapse of FTX. In advance of the hearing, Ray has… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 5:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

For a brief moment in time, Chengpeng “CZ” Zhou, founder and CEO of Binance, and Sam Bankman-Fried founder of FTX and now disgraced former CEO, appeared to be frenemies. CZ indicated he would bail out FTX as the bank-run type event destroyed all liquidity at… Read More