Sam Bankman-Fried behauptet, er fühle sich pleite und gehasst

• Sam Bankman-Fried behauptete, er habe das getan, was er für FTX für richtig hielt.
• Der ehemalige FTX-CEO behauptet, er habe FTX-Kundengelder nicht missbraucht.
• Bankman-Fried sitzt derzeit vor seinem Prozess im Oktober im Gefängnis.

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s time under house arrest appears to have been spent reflecting on the events of the past few months. The former FTX CEO bared his emotions in a 250-page document he wrote while in his parents’ California home. The 31-year-old disgraced investor noted that he felt “broke” and “hated” and believes there is nothing he could do to improve the public’s unfavorable opinion of him.

Bankman-Fried’s personal writings were leaked by Tiffany Fong, who later geteilt sie mit der New York Times. Die Schriften waren angeblich Teil eines Entwurfs, den der ehemalige Milliardär auf X (ehemals Twitter) veröffentlichen wollte.

Exclusive: Sam Bankman-Fried used, among other things, Alicia Keys, Katy Perry and Rihanna music videos to defend himself while under house arrest after FTX failed. He also linked to Fun.'s “We Are Young” video.

Sehen Sie, was der 15.000 Wörter umfassende Entwurf sonst noch sagte. https://t.co/aytIXTOi3W pic.twitter.com/jUvFDWFe9g

– Die New York Times (@nytimes) 15. September 2023

Bankman-Fried’s draft covered different topics, including the legal team handling FTX’s bankruptcy case. In one of the drafts, Bankman-Fried reflected on his time at the failed exchange, claiming he “did what I thought was right.”

According to reports, the posts included private information regarding Bankman-Fried’s relationship with Caroline Ellison, who served as the CEO of Alameda Research, Bankman-Fried’s trading firm. The drafts claimed that Ellison rejected Bankman-Fried’s requests to cancel Alameda’s trading hedges, which led the FTX founder to respond with “the meanest thing I’ve ever said to her.”

Furthermore, Sam Bankman-Fried appeared to have pushed the blame for FTX’s collapse on some of his colleagues, especially Ellison. Authorities claim Bankman-Fried moved the exchange’s customer funds to Alameda Research to bolster its balance sheet after suffering significant losses from numerous unsuccessful trades.

Bankman-Fried schrieb in seinem Entwurf:

She continually avoided talking about risk management, dodging my suggestions until it was too late. […] Every time that I reached out with suggestions, it just made her feel worse. I’m sure that being exes didn’t help.

In another part of the leaked documents, Bankman-Fried claims he was unaware that Alameda was taking money from customers into an account dubbed “fiat@” until he overheard several of his staff members and Ellison discussing it months before FTX collapsed.

Sam Bankman-Fried wurde wegen mehrerer Straftaten angeklagt, darunter Überweisungsbetrug, Geldwäsche, unbefugte Verwendung von Kundengeldern und Verstöße gegen Gesetze zur Wahlkampffinanzierung. Der ehemalige Krypto-Milliardär sitzt derzeit im Gefängnis, bevor ihm im nächsten Monat der Prozess bevorsteht.

A federal judge recently revoked Bankman-Fried’s bail for Zeugenmanipulation. Der frühere CEO von FTX soll Dokumente im Zusammenhang mit Ellison durchgesickert haben, von dem erwartet wird, dass er gegen Bankman-Fried aussagt.

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