What to expect in the second week

The second week of the Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried FTX fraud trial will start its hearings once more on Monday, Oct. 9, with one of many primary focal factors anticipated to be testimony from Caroline Ellison.

Ellison, the previous romantic associate of SBF’s and CEO of FTX-tied Alameda Analysis, is about to testify this upcoming week, probably as quickly as Tuesday. She was part of Bankman-Fried’s interior circle and is predicted to know particulars relating to the motion of buyer funds between the 2 firms.

In her testimony, she is predicted to focus on a November 2022 assembly with workers of Alameda when she admitted to utilizing buyer funds to repay collectors, which was given the inexperienced mild by Bankman-Fried.

In December 2022, Ellison and former FTX government Gary Wang both pleaded guilty for his or her respective roles within the alleged fraud that led as much as the collapse of FTX.

Wang testified in the FTX fraud trial on Oct. 5, saying that, with the assistance of SBF: “We allowed Alameda to withdraw limitless funds.” 

He added that Bankman-Fried did all of the work on the entrance finish — media, lobbying and investor relations — whereas Wang did the coding. “In the long run, it was Sam’s resolution to make [regarding any disagreements].”

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Bankman-Fried has been charged with seven counts of conspiracy and fraud associated to the autumn of FTX, to all of which he has pleaded not responsible. Decide Lewis Kaplan is overseeing the case.

The first week of the trial, which started on Oct. 3, targeted on the disappearance of $8 billion of FTX buyer funds. Along with testimony from Wang, the primary week noticed each the prosecution and the protection state their arguments, in addition to testimony from Adam Yedidia on Oct. 5.

Yedidia is known as as an in depth good friend of Bankman-Fried and was additionally a developer at FTX.

Cointelegraph reporters are on the bottom in New York for the trial of former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried. Because the saga unfolds, check here for the latest updates.

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