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Sam Bankman-Fried and an FTX attorney created a false document to explain close relations with Alameda, its CEO said. The false agreement was then shown to investors as part of FTX's $400 million Series C fundraising, the CEO said. FTX managed to raise $400 million in funding while showing false documents to investors, according to the crypto exchange's new CEO. This is a particularly interesting detail because the crypto exchange's implosion last November was provoked by the apparent commingling of funds between FTX and Alameda. for the benefit of the FTX customers,'" the document says.
Persons: Sam Bankman, FTX, John J Ray III, Fried, Ray Organizations: Morning, Alameda Locations: Alameda, FTX's, Delaware, FTX
FTX to start U.S. bankruptcy proceedings, CEO to exit
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Crypto exchange FTX is to start U.S. bankruptcy proceedings and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is to step down, after a liquidity crisis at the cryptocurrency group that has prompted intervention from regulators around the world. The distressed crypto trading platform had been struggling to raise billions in funds to stave off collapse after a wave of withdrawals. "I'm really sorry, again, that we ended up here," said FTX founder Bankman-Fried, in a series of tweets after the commencement of the bankruptcy filing. FTX is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice Department, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, according to a source familiar with the investigations. Cyprus's Securities and Exchange Commission has asked FTX EU to suspend its operations on Nov. 9, the regulator said on Friday.
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