{"id":554926,"date":"2023-10-11T08:30:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ktsl888.com\/?p=554926"},"modified":"2023-10-11T07:38:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:38:32","slug":"ftx-sam-bankman-fried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ktsl888.com\/news\/ftx-ftt-bankman\/ftx-sam-bankman-fried\/","title":{"rendered":"No Love For FTX: Ex-Girlfriend Delivers Scathing Testimony Against Sam Bankman-Fried"},"content":{"rendered":"
The trial<\/span><\/a> of the former CEO of the defunct crypto exchange FTX, <\/span>Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)<\/span><\/a>, resumed on October 10. <\/span>As expected<\/span><\/a>, the prosecution called Alameda Research\u2019s ex-CEO and SBF\u2019s ex-girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, to testify against the defendant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to a <\/span>thread<\/span><\/a> on the X (formerly Twitter) platform by Inner City Press, which was present at the trial, Ellison confirmed what was already known as she stated that she and the defendant dated for a couple of years with their on-and-off relationship, beginning in the summer of 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, any affection or feelings that she may have had for the defendant didn\u2019t seem to hinder her as she lived up to the hype as the <\/span>prosecution\u2019s star witness<\/span><\/a>, providing key insights into how Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly misappropriated FTX\u2019s customers’ funds through <\/span>Alameda<\/span><\/a> which she headed before its collapse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During her testimony, she admitted that she had committed fraud alongside the defendant. Specifically, she stated that Sam Bankman-Fried directed her to commit these crimes. As to her involvement, she collaborated <\/span>Wang\u2019s testimony<\/span><\/a> while stating Alameda (and her, by extension) took \u201cseveral billions of dollars\u201d from FTX customers and used these monies for investments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ellison confirmed that Sam Bankman-Fried was the one who set up the systems and directed the trading firm to take the money. Besides using FTX\u2019s customers\u2019 funds for investments, Alameda also took around $14 million to repay its lenders. She also manipulated Alameda\u2019s balance sheets, making the firm look risky to potential lenders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In its opening statement, the Prosecution <\/span>alleged that Sam Bankman-Fried diverted<\/span><\/a> customers\u2019 fiat deposits to a bank account linked to Alameda, which Ellison confirmed on the stand. She stated that FTX received money into Alameda\u2019s bank accounts between 2021 and 2022. The total sum deposited was between 10-20 billion dollars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Alameda used some of these deposits to repay loans, investments, and stablecoin conversions like <\/span>USDC<\/span><\/a>. According to her, this summed up to about $2 billion. It didn\u2019t stop there, though, as the trading firm used the other money for other Alameda-related purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n Sam Bankman-Fried and his lawyers have, at different times, tried to lay a foundation that SBF <\/span>wasn\u2019t in charge<\/span><\/a> of Alameda and didn\u2019t know what was going on at the trading firm after he stepped down as the CEO.<\/span><\/p>\n However, Ellison rebutted this on the stand as she stated that things didn’t change much, even when she became the co-CEO alongside <\/span>Sam Trabucco<\/span><\/a>, as she checked everything with Sam Bankman-Fried and directly reported to him. He also had the power to fire her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nEllison Does More Damage To Sam Bankman-Fried Defense<\/h2>\n
FTT Token continues downtrend following Ellison's testimony | Source: FTTUSDT on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n
Prosecution Uses Ellison To Drive Home Major Allegations<\/h2>\n