{"id":24090,"date":"2023-10-19T09:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/day-11-highlights-in-sam-bankman-frieds-trial\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T09:14:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:14:11","slug":"day-11-highlights-in-sam-bankman-frieds-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/day-11-highlights-in-sam-bankman-frieds-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 11 Highlights in Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>FTX\u2019s financial dealings took center stage on the eleventh day of founder Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s trial. Witnesses were called forth, with testimony focusing on how FTX utilized its customer funds.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Peter D. Easton, an authority in accountancy from Notre Dame, detailed his analysis. Contracted by Brattle, a litigation support firm, Easton studied the money flow between FTX and Alameda Research. He disclosed, <em><strong>\u201c47 Alameda accounts received money from FTX customer accounts.\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>Additionally, <strong>several transactions by Bankman-Fried directly came from FTX\u2019s user funds.<\/strong> Some noteworthy investments were into Anthony Scaramucci\u2019s Skybridge Capital and Dave Inc., an Alameda venture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong>5BTC or 111% + 111 Free Spins!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. Exclusive 111% Welcome Bonus + 111 Free Spins<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The trail of fund utilization didn\u2019t end there. Nishad Singh, another name in the case, reportedly <strong>channeled $1 million of customer money into the political committee MTG (Mind The Gap)<\/strong>. Furthermore, Singh was allocated a whopping $96 million for property-related costs and investments.<\/p>\n<p>Another significant revelation was <strong>FTX\u2019s use of over $1 billion in customer resources to repurchase shares from Binance.<\/strong> Not just that, several loans to firms such as Celsius, Maple, Abra, Anchorage, Bitgo, and TrueFi were made from these customer deposits.<\/p>\n<p>Shifting the lens to another witness, Investigator Chanel Medrano from the US Attorney\u2019s Office shared details about<strong> NBA legend Shaquille O\u2019Neal acquiring Binance\u2019s stake in FTX<\/strong>. Moreover, Bankman-Fried was quoted informing Frank Chaparro, Business Insider\u2019s finance journalist, of his decision to \u201cstop lobbying.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"main-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-items box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"box-100 space-org-3-item relative border-tb mt-1 \">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-ins box-100 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms box-25 relative\">\n<div class=\"space-org-3-item-terms-ins box-100 text-center relative\"> <strong><strong>Get 125% \/ $2,500 on 1st deposit!<\/strong><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>New players only. Exclusive Welcome Bonus of up to $2,500<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The prosecutor\u2019s list of witnesses also named Cory Gaddis, associated with Google. Gaddis\u2019s testimony was limited, confirming that <strong>Bankman-Fried maintained several email accounts across various domains<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/day-11-highlights-in-sam-bankman-frieds-trial\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org ) FTX\u2019s financial dealings took center stage on the eleventh day of founder Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s trial. Witnesses were called forth, with testimony focusing on how FTX utilized its customer funds. Professor Peter D. Easton, an authority in accountancy from Notre Dame, detailed his analysis. 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