Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers claimed that FTX customers had "zero" losses when the exchange collapsed. Had Bankman-Fried held onto the company — and if Ray had listened to his advice rather than spurn him — FTX customers could have gotten their money back quickly, he claimed. In a recent proposal to be approved by the bankruptcy judge, credit would be determined by the value of each customer's assets at the time that FTX filed for bankruptcy. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan and Sam Bankman-Fried. AdvertisementKaplan said that, in any case, Bankman-Fried couldn't be credited for the bankruptcy debtors' work to get FTX customers their money back.

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Persons: Sam Bankman, —, Lewis Kaplan, Bankman, Fried, Kaplan, John J, Ray III, Ray, FTX, Ray —, bitcoin, Jane Rosenberg Prosecutors, Nicolas Roos, Fried perjured Organizations: Service, Alameda Research, Alameda, —, Enron, Residential Capital, REUTERS, FTX Locations: Manhattan, FTX, Las Vegas, Delaware