FTX intenta una causa contro SBF e altri dirigenti: dettagli

• Il co-fondatore di FTX Sam Bankman-Fried, insieme ad altri dirigenti, è stato citato in giudizio dall'exchange di criptovalute.
• The lawsuit filed on July 20 named SBF, Zixiao “Gary” Wang, Caroline Ellison, and Nishad Singh as defendants.
• La denuncia aggiunge che alcuni dipendenti delle aziende fallite avevano accesso a un potere illimitato. 
• I potenti dipendenti assumevano e licenziavano persone a volontà e avevano accesso a transazioni in fiat e cripto.

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L'exchange di criptovalute in bancarotta FTX ha citato in giudizio il suo fondatore ed ex CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, noto anche come SBF nello spazio crittografico, insieme ad altri dirigenti. Inoltre, sono stati citati in giudizio ex dirigenti di una società commerciale anch'essa fondata da SBF, Alameda Research, tra cui Caroline Ellison. Nel frattempo, l'ex miliardo di criptovalute sta affrontando molteplici accuse negli Stati Uniti, che vanno dal commettere frodi a investitori fuorvianti.

Come per l'a rimostranza filed on July 20 in a United States Bankruptcy Court, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison, FTX co-founder Zixiao “Gary” Wang, former engineering director at the exchange Nishad Singh, and Bankman-Fried have been named as defendants. This adds to the numerous cases that the executives have been facing.

According to the complaint, the FTX and Alameda executives breached their fiduciary duties by allegedly mismanaging the funds that their users entrusted to them on a “continuous basis to finance luxury condominiums, political and ‘charitable’ contributions, speculative investments, and other pet projects.” 

The legal brief also adds that the prominent personalities in the crypto space used their control over FTX and Alameda to commit “one of the largest financial frauds in history.” The complaint adds that a few employees at the bankrupt firms had access to limitless power, which allowed them to oversee transactions involving digital assets and fiat currencies. 

Moreover, these powerful employees also had the power to hire and fire employees with “no effective oversight” on how they exercised their powers. Interestingly, FTX also noted in the complaint that SBF and others issued more than $725 million worth of equity to themselves, “without [debtors] receiving any value in exchange.”

FTX claims that on Jan. 24, 2022, SBF transferred close to $10 million to his father’s account on FTX US in the form of a “gift.” Moreover, his father also made six transfers totaling $6.75 million to his personal accounts at Morgan Stanley and TD Ameritrade, the lawsuit claims.

“In or around July 2019, Bankman-Fried directed one or more of his co-conspirators or individuals working at their behest to modify the software to permit Alameda to maintain a negative balance in its account on the exchange.” 

Come riportato in precedenza da Bitnation, lo scambio di criptovalute in bancarotta ha anche intentato un'altra causa contro i dirigenti nel maggio di quest'anno, con l'obiettivo di recuperare $220 milioni spesi per acquisire la piattaforma di trading azionario Embed. La causa sostiene che gli ex dirigenti non hanno condotto alcuna due diligence prima di acquistare la piattaforma software in gran parte inefficace e difettosa.

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