Federal prosecutors have seized $697 million in assets, mostly comprised of more than 56 million Robinhood shares worth $526 миллион, from FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Court filings detailed that the U.S. government seized a series of bank accounts belonging to Bankman-Fried, holding millions in cash.
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Соединенные штаты. government has seized nearly $700 миллион from the former FTX CEO and co-founder, Сэм Бэнкман-Фрид (СБФ), according to court documents reviewed by CNBC. Most of the funds came from the 56,273,269 shares of Robinhood Markets Inc. (Насдак: HOOD) owned by Bankman-Fried. Using exchange rates from Jan. 20, 2023, the Hood shares are worth more than $526 миллион.
более того, CNBC reporters Rohan Goswami and MacKenzie Sigalos detail that nearly $56 million held in four bank accounts was seized as well. Three accounts holding $6 million were allegedly held at Сильвергейт Банк and one account reportedly held at Moonstone Bank held $50 миллион. In total, $171 million in cash was taken by the federal government from Bankman-Fried. Moonstone Bank объяснил Ян. 19, 2023, that the financial institution will officially be exiting the crypto space.
Аламеда Исследования invested $11.5 миллион into Moonstone Bank, also known as Farmington State Bank, through FBH, Moonstone’s holding company. Federal prosecutors believe the $697 million in assets, mostly made up of Robinhood shares, were acquired using funds stolen from FTX customers. Bankman-Fried maintains his innocence and has “denied misappropriating customer assets,” Sigalos explained on Friday.
Кроме того, federal agents also seized funds that belonged to SBF that were held on the crypto exchanges Binance and Binance US. Соединенные штаты. правительство revealed intentions to seize the Robinhood shares during the first week of January 2023, and the U.S. Департамент правосудия (Министерство юстиции) initiated the process.
Банкман-Фрид attempted to regain access to the shares, noting that he needed the money to pay for legal expenses. Соединенные штаты. government can seize funds from citizens suspected of wrongdoing without necessarily charging them with a crime and from charged suspects awaiting trial. Federal prosecutors do not believe the assets seized are the property in the bankruptcy estate.
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