FTX cherche le retour des organismes de bienfaisance et des dons politiques

• Bankman-Fried gave generously to charities and launched the FTX Foundation and FTX Future Fund to advance his goals.
• Reclaiming payments made to charities and politicians is likely to be an easier part of FTX’s bankruptcy process.
• Former Representative Beto O’Rourke claimed to have returned a $1 million donation to Bankman-Fried a week before FTX filed for bankruptcy.

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Avant son effondrement et son dépôt de bilan, l'échange cryptographique, FTX était célèbre pour avoir utilisé de nombreuses célébrités dans le cadre de son programme de marketing. La société, dirigée par son ancien PDG, Bankman-Fried, était également connue pour avoir distribué d'énormes dons à des groupes politiques aux États-Unis ainsi qu'à des organisations caritatives.

However, the team overseeing FTX’s bankruptcy filing has called for all donations made by the exchange, its former CEO, and other executives to be returned. It noted that FTX “intends to commence actions before the bankruptcy court to require the return of such payments, with interest accruing from the date any action is commenced.” Recipients are advised to “voluntarily” return funds given using the email address [email protected].

La société a précisé dans un déclaration ce,

Les destinataires sont avertis que le fait d'effectuer un paiement ou un don à un tiers (y compris un organisme de bienfaisance) du montant de tout paiement reçu d'un contributeur FTX n'empêche pas les débiteurs FTX de demander un recouvrement auprès du destinataire ou de tout cessionnaire ultérieur.

Partageant notre communiqué de presse qui vient d'être publié : les débiteurs FTX annoncent un processus de retour volontaire des paiements évitables https://t.co/l57F7zgKPJ

— FTX (@FTX_Official) 19 décembre 2022

FTX said it has already been contacted by a number of recipients of donations or other payments made by Sam Bankman-Fried or other executives. The exchange added that it was working with these beneficiaries to secure the quick return of such funds, revealing that some have asked for instructions on how to return such payments.

Politicians claimed to have donated the funds obtained from Bankman-Fried to charity, including Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Rep. Jesus Garcia, and Sen. John Boozman. Surprisingly, the White House last week declined to clarify if it would refund any political contributions made by Bankman-Fried to President Joe Biden.

Bankman-Fried contributed an estimated $46.5 million to politics in the months before FTX’s bankruptcy. The nonprofit organization OpenSecrets.org, which monitors lobbying and campaign finance in the United States, claims that nearly $1.26 million of these funds were channeled to Democratic candidates.

Bankman-Fried’s hefty donations made him a popular name in Washington, especially amongst Republican and Democratic candidates. Ryan Salame, the co-CEO of FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary, and other members of the FTX inner circle were also reputed to have made “generous” donations at some point.

Le ministère de la Justice, dans le cadre d'accusations pénales déposées à New York, revendiqué that Bankman-Fried’s donations were the result of illegal money laundering since the funds were essentially from customer accounts. Bankman-Fried has since been arrested in the Bahamas and is to be extradited to the US.

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