FTX court filing reveals former Alameda CEO's $2.5M yacht purchase

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FTX court filing reveals former Alameda CEO's $2.5M yacht purchase
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In a recent court filing, FTX Debtors revealed financial statements detailing payments made 90 days to a year before the crypto exchange collapse. Among them, a $2.5 million transaction was made to the American Yacht Club, benefiting former Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco.

and FTX co-founder Gary Wang purchased Robinhood shares in April 2022, totalling $35,185,242. They continued their acquisitions of Robinhood in May 2022, spending an additional $19.45 million. It discloses that Bankman-Fired held a 90% share ownership, with Wang owning the remaining 10%.

Recently, Robinhood declared that it has bought back all shares previously held by FTX and Alameda Research.of 55,273,469 shares for roughly $606 million. Following the purchase announcement, Robinhood’s chief financial officer Jason Warnick emphasized that the company is happy with the result: “We are happy to have completed the purchase of these shares and look forward to executing on our growth plans on behalf of our customers and shareholders.”

Several cash payments were disclosed to executives including Bankman-Fried and Wang, as well as FTX director of engineering Nishad Singh, former FTX chief marketing officer Darren Wong, and former FTX chief operating officer Constance Wang, all within the twelve months prior to the collapse. However, it notes that the disclosures are limited to fiat currency. “Responses to this question do not currently include all transfers of cryptocurrency, other digital assets or other assets,” it stated.

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