Sam Bankman-Fried's father dragged his mother into an FTX US salary dispute

Joseph Bankman, the begetter of erstwhile FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), complained to his lad astir the wage helium was receiving during his employment astatine FTX US, turning the contented into a household matter.

In a Sept. 18 filing successful United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, FTX debtors filed a ailment against Bankman and Barbara Fried, alleging SBF’s parents misappropriated millions of dollars done their engagement successful the exchange’s business. According to tribunal documents, Bankman’s declaration with FTX US should person provided a $200,000 yearly wage pursuing a permission of lack from the Stanford Law School successful December 2021.

However, Bankman seemed to explicit ignorance astir the presumption of the contract, claiming to some FTX US and his lad that helium was expecting a $1 cardinal yearly salary. The ailment states that Bankman was “[p]utting Barbara connected this”, suggesting that SBF’s parent whitethorn person been capable to transportation her lad to travel done with the wage change.

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According to the complaint, “Bankman’s power paid off”, with SBF aboriginal providing his parents $10 cardinal from Alameda, a $16.4 cardinal spot successful The Bahamas funded by FTX Trading, the quality to disbursal astir $90,000 to FTX Trading successful the land nation, and options to acquisition institution stock. Cointelegraph reached retired to the ineligible squad representing Bankman and Fried, but did not person a effect astatine the clip of publication.

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The ineligible enactment brought by the debtors was the latest successful the bankruptcy lawsuit involving FTX and galore of its subsidiaries, filed successful November 2022. Bankman-Fried besides faces 12 transgression charges, to beryllium dispersed crossed 2 trials starting successful October 2023 and March 2024.

Since a national justice revoked his bail successful August, Bankman-Fried has been mostly confined to the Metropolitan Detention Center successful Brooklyn earlier the commencement of his October trial. On Sept. 19, a three-judge sheet heard an appeal from SBF’s ineligible squad requesting the erstwhile FTX CEO beryllium released from jailhouse successful bid to hole for trial, citing the deficiency of Internet entree and First Amendment issues.

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