If you like courtroom dramas, you won’t find anything on TV to rival what is expected to take place in Manhattan today. That’s the setting for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s ongoing fraud trial, where his onetime girlfriend is expected to take the stand and testify that he oversaw the raiding of billions of dollars in customer funds.
If you’re unfamiliar with Caroline Ellison, a recent Fortune profile reported she found talking to other people “unpleasant” and, in the words of one acquaintance, is someone “who would marry her math homework.” She also ran Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund, Alameda Research, which enjoyed an unlimited line of credit from FTX—credit that consisted of customer money that was spent on crypto trades, real estate, and political donations, and that has since gone missing.
