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Legal professionals astonished as SBF admits failures, apologizes 12 times in interview

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried apologized or admitted failure at least 12 times during his appearance at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Nov. 30.  In a wide-ranging video interview, Bankman-Fried was asked to answer a number of questions surrounding the downfall of the now-defunct exchange, with some even suggesting that some of his statements could be used to incriminate him in legal proceedings. In a Nov. 30 Twitter post, crypto attorney Jeremy Hogan, Partner at Hogan & Hogan said that the “light cross-examination” of Bankman-Fried at the DealBook Summit has already returned “at least 3 incriminating statements so far.” SBF is getting a light cross-examination at the NYT/Dealbook Summit and has made at least 3 incriminating statements so far. Why are his lawyers (...

Bankman-Fried claims: ‘I unknowingly commingled funds’ at DealBook Summit

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has claimed to have “unknowingly commingled funds” between Alameda and customer funds at FTX. Bankman-Fried was speaking at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit via video conference on Nov. 30, in which journalist Andrew Sorkin noted “there appears to be a genuine commingling of the funds that are FTX customers that were not supposed to be commingled with your separate firm.” Sam Bankman-Fried speaking at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit. Source: New York Times Bankman-Fried denied knowing about the commingled funds and blamed it on poor oversight. “I unknowingly commingled funds […] I was frankly surprised by how big Alameda’s position was which points to another failure of oversight on my part and failure to appoint someone to be chiefly in ...