Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, has testified in a criminal trial involving FTX and Alameda co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Ellison alleged that the firm attempted to use Thai sex worker wallets to unlock frozen funds before resorting to bribing an official. The scheme reportedly involved the utilization of Thai sex worker IDs and a $150 million bribe. The trial has also revealed a bribery scheme involving a Chinese government official and crypto accounts of Thai prostitutes.
SBF TRIED TO USE THAI PROSTITUTES TO UNLOCK FROZEN FUNDS You can't make this stuff up! In the criminal trial of FTX and Alameda Research co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison has testified that the firm paid a $150 million bribe to an unidentified… https://t.co/Oe5wlHUc0W https://t.co/EX8OuaQo9p
The former girlfriend and co-conspirator of Sam Bankman-Fried described a bribery scheme involving a Chinese government official and crypto accounts of Thai prostitutes during her testimony. Story: https://t.co/w7uSTUyizY https://t.co/UZZUGxD54u
Caroline Ellison alleges #SBF utilized Thai sex worker IDs in a bid to unfreeze $1B in Alameda funds before resorting to bribery. https://t.co/COPHbaECz6
ICYMI: SBF tried Thai sex worker wallets to unlock frozen funds before bribing official, witness claims https://t.co/ijwo2Uj8KE
SBF tried Thai sex worker wallets to unlock frozen funds before bribing official, witness claims https://t.co/I7eggPMVA1