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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alex Lawson

Sam Bankman-Fried received $2.2bn from FTX-linked entities, say court filings

Sam Bankman-Fried.
Sam Bankman-Fried faces 12 federal charges and is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty to a fraud while running FTX. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/Reuters

Sam Bankman-Fried, a co-founder of FTX, received more than $2bn (£1.7bn) from entities linked to the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange into his personal accounts, according to court filings.

Bankman-Fried and five members of his inner circle transferred a total of $3.2bn into their personal accounts through “payments and loans”, according to US bankruptcy court filings in Delaware made by FTX’s new management.

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