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FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial::Chunks of the stolen $470m in cryptocurrency have been laundered every day since the trial began.

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[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where's the money for his lawyer coming from? Just saying.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Prolly laundered thru his parents.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 8 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


FTX was once one of the biggest exchange platforms in the world allowing crypto investors to buy, trade and store digital currencies.

Mr Bankman-Fried is pleading not guilty to misusing customer funds and money laundering while bankruptcy lawyers are trying to locate the missing billions.

No one knows how the thief - or thieves - was able to get digital keys to FTX crypto wallets, but it is thought it was either an insider or a hacker who was able to steal the information.

Without using a mixing service to hide the illicit origins of their Bitcoin, criminals risk being caught or having their funds seized by cryptocurrency exchanges.

The rest of the stolen FTX stash - around $230m - remained untouched until 30 September - the weekend before Mr Bankman-Fried's trial began.

Panorama explores the breakneck rise and sensational fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, the maths genius who set out to transform the world of crypto but ended up being its biggest loser.


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[–] ArghZombies@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Love the nominative determinism at play here for Mr Bankman-Fried.