Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is reportedly suing Binance and its former CEO Changpeng Zhao over alleged fraudulent transfers initiated by Sam Bankman-Fried. The estate of FTX, which collapsed in 2022 when Bankman-Fried mismanaged customer funds, is trying to retrieve $1.8 billion from Binance that it says was sent to Zhao in a stock repurchase deal, […]
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FTX and Alameda Research collapsed in November 2022, causing approximately $8 billion in losses to customers of the now-bankrupt exchange.
The FTX bankruptcy estate seeks to recover over $100 million from SkyBridge Capital and founder Anthony Scaramucci to recoup funds spent by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) on sponsorship and investment deals with Scaramucci and SkyBridge dating back to 2022.
According to the November 8 legal filing, Bankman-Fried made a series of investments and collaborative partnerships with SkyBridge Capital and Scaramucci before the collapse of FTX — beginning with a $12 million sponsorship of Scaracmucci's SALT conference in January 2022. Shortly after, in March 2022, SBF directed Alameda Research to invest $10 million in the SkyBridge Coin Fund.
FTX lawsuit against SkyBridge and Scaramucci. Source: Kroll
Alameda Research has filed complaints against crypto exchange KuCoin and Crypto.com to recover millions in locked funds as FTX prepares to repay users.
Alameda Research, one of the sister firms connected to defunct crypto exchange FTX and a party to its bankruptcy case, is seeking to recover more than $11 million in a Crypto.com account held since 2022.
In a Nov. 7 filing in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Alameda filed a complaint to “recover at least $11.4 million in debtor assets contained in a Crypto.com exchange account” controlled by the company. The firm requested an order from the bankruptcy court “directing Crypto.com to turn over to the Debtors the assets” that were not of “inconsequential value.”
Source: Kroll
FTX co-founder and former CTO Gary Wang continues to work with US authorities after giving his testimony at the trial of his college roommate and ex-colleague, Sam Bankman-Fried. Wang is among the FTX executives who were charged following the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange. He pleaded guilty to four criminal counts in December 2022. […]
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Former FTX executive Caroline Ellison is set to start her two-year prison term in Connecticut. According to a new report by CNBC, a Bureau of Prison (BOP) spokesperson said that Caroline Ellison – the former CEO of FTX’s sister company Alameda Research – will begin her two-year sentence after serving as the prosecution’s star witness. […]
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Caroline Ellison has been free on bail since her guilty plea in 2022, testifying at Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial and subject to intense scrutiny by the media.
Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is expected to report to prison on Nov. 7 to serve her two-year sentence for her role in crimes at cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
At the time of publication, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) website stated Ellison was not in custody but provided an inmate number and her age, race and sex. On Sept. 24, Judge Lewis Kaplan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Ellison to two years in prison, where she is expected to surrender no earlier than Nov. 7.
Source: Federal Bureau of Prisons
Caroline Ellison, former chief executive of Alameda Research and a pivotal witness in the case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, has reported to a low-security federal prison in Connecticut following her two-year sentence, according to a CNBC report. Reporter MacKenzie Sigalos and Dawn Giel wrote that Ellison, who cooperated extensively with federal prosecutors, was instrumental […]
Nishad Singh will receive no prison time after pleading guilty to six felony charges in February 2023, cooperating with prosecutors and FTX’s debtors after the exchange’s collapse.
A federal judge has sentenced Nishad Singh, the former engineering director of FTX, to time served and three years of supervised release for his role in misappropriating user funds and campaign finance violations.
In an Oct. 30 hearing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Lewis Kaplan sentenced the 29-year-old Singh to time served. He was the fourth individual named in the indictment of FTX executives to stand before a judge following sentencing hearings for former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, and former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame.
According to reporting from the courtroom by Inner City Press, Singh’s lawyers alleged “most of” the fraud at FTX was the result of Bankman-Fried’s and Ellison’s actions. The former FTX executive said he was “overwhelmed with remorse” for his role.
John Ray, who took over as FTX CEO in November 2022, suggested Nishad Singh’s cooperation in the firm’s bankruptcy would be “important to maximize recovery” for creditors.
Scheduled to be sentenced on the afternoon of Oct. 30, former FTX engineering director Nishad Singh has submitted an eleventh-hour letter from the company’s current CEO, who said he would provide “further assistance and cooperation” in the firm’s bankruptcy case.
In an Oct. 29 filing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Singh’s lawyers filed a sentencing letter from FTX Trading Ltd. CEO John Ray detailing the former engineering director’s assistance in the firm’s Chapter 11 case. According to the FTX CEO, Signh assisted the FTX debtors with information about the firm’s computers shortly after the firm filed for bankruptcy, provided relevant documents, and helped return Bahamian property purchased with company funds.
Source: SDNY
The bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has reached a settlement with the digital asset exchange Bybit to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. Last week, FTX’s legal team submitted a motion approving a settlement agreement with Bybit stemming from FTX’s claims that Bybit had refused to allow the bankrupt firm to withdraw assets currently […]
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