Dans le cadre de l’affaire FTX liée à la chute de la plateforme d’échange de cryptomonnaies, les procureurs fédéraux auraient saisi le 20 janvier dernier, près de 700 million de dollars à Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the founder of the ‘agency. These were mostly Robinhood stock and money deposited in bank accounts held by SBF.
New seizure of money by the American justice in the FTX case
In all, 55 million shares of Robinhood, an American financial services company, were seized, with a current value of $525 million. Also seized were approximately $100 million held by SBF in four accounts opened at Silvergate Bank, nearly $50 million deposited with Farmington State Bank, and finally, $20 million invested in ED&F Man Capital Markets.
According to federal prosecutors handling the case, SBF’s Robinhood stock was purchased using funds stolen from FTX clients. The interested party immediately denied having misappropriated the assets of his clients. Three Binance accounts belonging to the entrepreneur were also cited in the seizure order validated by the court of the Southern District of New York. At the moment they have not been seized by the American justice, but she hopes to find them.
Objective: to recover as many funds as possible to repay customers and creditors
Since FTX’s bankruptcy, US justice has sought to recover as many funds as possible belonging to SBF, in order to repay FTX’s creditors and clients. To the fifty largest creditors, FTX owes the sum of 3 billion dollars. In an effort to repay injured customers, more than $5 billion has been recovered.
Financial securities, cryptocurrencies easily convertible into cash, trust money, shares, current accounts. SBF’s entire estate is under scrutiny by liquidators who are quick to say that some of its money would not have been spent, but was well kept by the founder of FTX.
Pending trial, SBF was released on $250 million bail. He took advantage of his parole to write and publish his version of events in a blog post. The businessman attacked the Binance boss, believing he was trying to destabilize his platform. He also claims that he hasn’t stolen anything from his clients and that he hasn’t hidden any money. As his trial opened on January 3, 2023, SBF pleaded not guilty, unlike two of his former associates: Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, former chief technical officer of FTX.
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