
The estate of defunct crypto exchange FTX filed a suit against Binance and its former CEO ChangPeng Zhao seeking to recoup almost $1.8 billion FTX alleges was “fraudulently” transferred to Binance and executives by Sam Bankman-Fried as part of a share deal.
In a filing with a Delaware court on Sunday, FTX alleges that Binance, Zhao and other executives received the funds as part of a share repurchase deal— where a company repurchases their own stocks— in July 2021. The suit asserts that Bankman-Fried facilitated the transaction, allowing Binance to sell their 20% stake in the platform and 18.4% stake in its U.S.-based entity back to FTX.