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FTX co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer Gary Wang began testifying in earnest last Friday in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial. Later on Tuesday, Caroline Ellison is expected to take the stand. Source
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Ellison was far from an unwitting front-person during her time at Alameda, said Mark Cohen, Bankman-Fried’s lead attorney, in his opening argument in defense of Bankman-Fried. Instead, she was firmly in control of the reins at the trading fund – and her poor leadership, according to Bankman-Fried’s lawyers, is what
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The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, will enter its fifth day on Oct. 10 when one of the most anticipated witnesses takes the stand. Caroline Ellison was CEO at FTX’s sister firm, Alameda Research, as well as Bankman-Fried’s on-and-off-again girlfriend. The 28-year-old is expected to take
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The FTX app and terms of service both told customers that the money they put on the exchange was being kept for them "as if they were sitting right there" – but, in reality, Bankman-Fried diverted those funds to "smaller and secretive company" called Alameda Research and spent them on
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The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a complaint against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), accusing him of leaking the private papers of Caroline Ellison, who was once his business ally and romantic partner.In a new complaint filed on July 20, the DoJ accused Bankman-Fried of an attempt to
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According to the filing, FTX issued more than $725 million worth of equity to Bankman-Fried, former CTO and Co-Founder Gary Wang, Director of Engineering Nishad Singh, and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison. Of this $725 million, $447.8 million allegedly went to Singh, and the lawsuit documents how it was
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Bankman-Fried, for instance, is specifically asked for information on FTX, Alameda, and Emergent Fidelity Technologies’ (a holding company he ran with former FTX executive Gary Wang) business performance, all emails from his FTX account and personal Gmail, details on real estate holdings, and supporting documents he made to back up
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Ian McGinley, a partner at global law firm Akin Gump, discusses why the guilty pleas made by Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang may influence the disgraced CEO’s next day in court. Source
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On Dec. 21, 2022, members of U.S. law enforcement detailed that FTX co-founder Gary Wang and ex-Alameda Research CEO have pleaded guilty to financial fraud charges. The recent charges against Wang and Ellison highlight some key findings and according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), FTX’s exchange token
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For their complicit role in how FTX went under, Federal prosecutors have filed a separate action against the duo for participating in the “multiyear scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX”.Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang, the two profile executives of the bankrupt FTX Derivatives Exchange and Alameda Research have pleaded
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