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Where Did Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX Get $250 Million to Post Bail?

by Darius Ngetich
Dec 23, 2022 - 12:00 am
in Blockchain
Where Did Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX Get $250 Million to Post Bail?

After Sam Bankman-Fried appeared in U.S. federal court in New York on Thursday on allegations that he was the brains behind the fraud and unauthorized transfer of client monies within his former crypto business, a federal judge decided to grant him freedom. The court ordered bail at $250 billion.

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However, the $250 million no-upfront-cost bail conditions first confused several cryptocurrency community members on Twitter, who questioned how Sam Bankman-Fried could post the $250 million bail figure given that he had previously claimed to have less than $100,000 in his bank account.

Where did Sam get $250M? Follow the money trail folks. MORE $$$ left off the books. FTX users should be livid.

$250M moves from this address the day of extradition.

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— Bitboy Crypto (@Bitboy_Crypto) December 22, 2022

After his extradition from the Bahamas was approved on Wednesday, Bankman-Fried was taken to the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and appeared in New York to face his U.S. criminal charges for the first time. Allegations of fraud, money laundering, and campaign finance violations are at the heart of the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Bankman’s parent’s house served as collateral.

Equity in his parents’ Palo Alto, California, house was used to secure Bankman-release, Fried’s, and a lengthy list of conditions was added to let him stay free while he is accused. According to the agreement, he is prohibited from engaging in financial transactions worth more than $1,000, is not permitted to establish new credit accounts, is only allowed to leave home for exercise, and is required to undergo drug abuse and mental health therapy.

Several high-ranking members of the FTX organization have signed plea agreements as prosecutors have closed in on the discredited crypto leader. Attorney and regulatory comments released late Wednesday indicated that Gary Wang, the other co-founder of FTX, and Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of FTX’s sister business Alameda Research, had pled guilty to federal charges and confessed guilt in securities offenses.

The prosecution against Bankman-Fried is expected to rely heavily on the assistance of Ellison and Wang, who have acknowledged carrying a proactive role in the company’s wrongdoing. They’ve come clean about the fact that upper management knew money was being illegally transferred between the two companies.

Bankman-Fried has already surrendered his passport and will soon have a monitoring device implanted in his body. Bail must be posted by his parents’ home-equity agreement on or before January 12.

The accusations against Bankman-FTX Fried’s colleagues shed further light on the illegal transfer of client funds among FTX and Alameda, another trading business Bankman-Fried co-founded, and explained how the exchange’s top executives artificially inflated the perceived value of FTT, the native token.

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Darius Ngetich

Darius Ngetich

Darius Ngetich is a blockchain, crypto, and gaming enthusiast. He is also an animator, VFX Artist, and Game Developer, specializing in computers with vast experience in programs like Blender, Unity, and Unreal Engine. My passions are creating games and informing others about the latest developments in crypto, blockchain, and gaming.

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