Bankman-Fried directed Ellison to find "alternative ways" to present troubling finances to lenders. Around May 2022, as Alameda continued to borrow from FTX, Ellison said the cryptocurrency market experienced a downturn, as did Alameda's assets. Despite the troubling outlook, Ellison said, Bankman-Fried directed her to continue using FTX customer's assets and other liquid assets to repay Alameda's lenders. Despite her concerns, Bankman-Fried "continued to direct me to repay the loans" that Alameda owed to lenders, Ellison said. When pressed, she added that she "understood that to mean he was telling me to use Alameda's line of credit at FTX."

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