FTX

Complaint alleging crypto-related fraud involving FTX Group in U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, FTX Trading Ltd., d.b.a. FTX.com, of Antigua and Barbuda, and Alameda Research LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging "billions of dollars" fraud involving the FTX crypto group in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Statement from the Attorney General of the Bahamas announcing the arrest of former FTX crypto group CEO Sam Bankman-Fried following "criminal charges against SBF" in the United States and a "likely" extradition request.

Criminal Indictment alleging fraud, including "Campaign Finance" fraud, and money laundering involving the FTX crypto group in USA v. Samuel Bankman-Fried at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging crypto-related securities fraud in Steven Rosa v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, described as "a digital currency company" and "the parent company of Silvergate Bank"; Alan J. Lane, and Antonio Martino at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Class Action Complaint in Gregg Podalsky, Gary Gallant, Skyler Lindeen, Alexander Chernyavsky, and David Nicol v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Sam Trabucco, Dan Friedberg, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors, Shaquille O’Neal, Udonis Haslem, David Ortiz, William Trevor Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka, Lawrence Gene David, and Kevin O’Leary at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Amended Complaint in Michael Norris, Brandon Rowan, Michael Livieratos, Shengyun Huang, Vijeth Shetty, and Bo Yang v. Tom Brady, Kevin O’Leary, and David Ortiz et al at the Circuit Court in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud involving FTX Group in Michael Elliott Jessup v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Nishad Singh, Gary Wang, and Sam Trabucco at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging crypto fraud involving FTX Group in Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Zixiang Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Armanino LLP, and Prager Metis CPAs LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Class Action Complaint alleging fraud involving "Silvergate's conduct regarding its most notable customer, the cryptocurrency trading exchange, FTX" in José Tomás Sepúlveda Zuleta, of Chile; Michael Lehrer, and Tristan Newman v. Silvergate Capital Corporation, described as "the parent of Silvergate Bank"; Alan J. Lane, Christopher M. Lane, Tyler J. Pearson, and Jason Brenier at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas claiming that, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in the U.S., "the new CEO of FTX Trading Ltd. misrepresented" the Bahamas regulator's decision "to transfer all digital assets of FTX into digital wallets under the exclusive control of the Commission for the benefit of clients and creditors of FDM [FTX Digital Markets Ltd.]".

Class Action Complaint alleging "one of the great frauds in history" in Stephen Pierce v. Samuel Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, Zixiao Gary Wang, Nishad Singh, Armanino LLP, described as "an accounting and consulting firm that was engaged by the FTX Group to perform corporate audits", and Prager Metis CPAs LLC, described as "an accounting and consulting firm that was engaged by the FTX Group to perform corporate audits", at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Michael Livieratos v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas announcing that it has obtained an order of "Indemnity and Reimbursement" from the Bahamas Supreme Court regarding the regulator's actions concerning the FTX crypto group, including "the transfer of certain digital assets to a digital wallet controlled by the Commission".

Class Action Complaint in Sunil Kavuri v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors, Shaquille O’Neal, Udonis Haslem, David Ortiz, William Trevor Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka, Lawrence Gene David, and Kevin O’Leary at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Class Action Complaint alleging "fraud and deceit at a scale rarely seen – causing billions of dollars in value and financial equity to ostensibly disappear overnight" involving FTX crypto group in Elliott Lam, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Hong Kong v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Caroline Ellison, and Golden State Warriors LLC at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Complaint in Vijeth Shetty v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Complaint in Shengyun Huang v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Notice of Filing of Supplemental Exhibit - a transcript of a 'Status Conference' on November 17th, 2022 - to Emergency Motion to Transfer and Stay Chapter 15 Proceedings filed by the Joint Provisional Liquidators of Bahamas-domiciled FTX Digital Markets Ltd., filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Complaint in Bo Yang v. Thomas Brady and Kevin O'Leary at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas titled 'Securities Commission of The Bahamas Assumes Control of Assets of FTX Digital Markets Ltd.'.

Affidavit of John J. Ray III, including statements that "Never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here" and "related party loans" were made to Sam Bankman-Fried, $1 billion; Nishad Aingh, $543 million, and Ryan Salame, $55 million, in support of Chapter 11 Petitions by 102 entities comprising the FTX crypto group, including those in Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vietnam, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Originating Application in the matter of Auros Global Limited, which "operates as an algorithmic trading and market-making firm that specialises in offering liquidity for exchanges and in proprietary trading in crypto assets" and "is the parent company of a number of subsidiaries in Hong Kong, the British Virgin Islands and the USA", one of which had assets "with an approximate value of USD$20m ... held by the FTX crypto exchange", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Emergency Motion to Stay and Transfer Chapter 15 Petition from New York to Delaware by 101 entities (reduced from 134 identified in the Chapter 11 Petition) comprising the FTX crypto group, including those in Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vietnam, filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. In the motion, FTX's new management accused the Bahamas government and regulators of, essentially, misappropriating the group's assets, in conjunction with former FTX principals Samuel Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, as part of an attempt to "undermine these Chapter 11 Cases".

Emergency Motion to "secure and protect the Debtor's assets" by Brian Simms, Kevin Cambridge, and Peter Greaves, as the Joint Provisional Liquidators of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., who stated that their "findings to date indicate that serious fraud and mismanagement may have been committed", at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

A class action complaint alleging an $11 billion fraud by the FTX crypto exchange group has been filed at federal court in Miami against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and others, including NFL legend Tom Brady, supermodel Gisele Bundchen, basketball stars Shaquille O'Neal, Stephen Curry, and Udonis Haslem, baseball stars David Ortiz and Shohei Ohtani, tennis player Naomi Osaka, NFL quarterback Trevor Lawrence, comedian Larry David, and the Golden State Warriors basketball team.

The liquidators of Bahamas-based FTX Digital Markets Ltd. - described as as the "manager and operator" of the FTX Group - have applied for Chapter 15 bankruptcy recognition in New York as they begin the process of gathering evidence and recovering assets for the crypto exchange group's creditors, who were estimated at "more than one million" by the group's management in Chapter 11 filings in Delaware last week that the liquidators claim were unauthorized.

Originating Application in the matter of Auros Tech Limited, which "operates as an algorithmic trading and market-making firm that specialises in offering liquidity for exchanges and in proprietary trading in crypto assets" and has "assets with an approximate value of USD$20m ... held by the FTX crypto exchange", at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Class Action Complaint claiming "$11 billion dollars in damages" as a result of a "fraudulent scheme" involving crypto exchange FTX in Edwin Garrison v. Sam Bankman-Fried, Thomas Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Udonis Haslem, Kevin O'Leary, David Ortiz, Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors LLC, Shaquille O'Neal, William Trevor Lawrence, Shohei Ohtani, Naomi Osaka, and Lawrence Gene David, a.k.a. Larry David, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Bahamas by Brian Simms, Kevin Cambridge, and Peter Greaves, as the Foreign Representatives of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., which operates "a digital assets business", filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas titled 'Update on FTX'.

Motion for Joint Administration and Motion Modifying Certain Creditor List Requirements, Authorizing the Debtors to Serve Certain Parties by E-Mail, and Granting Related Relief in the matter of Alameda Aus Pty Ltd., Alameda Global Services Ltd., Alameda Research (Bahamas) Ltd., Alameda Research Holdings Inc., Alameda Research KK, Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., Alameda Research Pte Ltd., Alameda Research Yankari Ltd., Alameda TR Ltd., Alameda TR Systems S. de R. L., Allston Way Ltd., Altalix Ltd., Analisya Pte Ltd., Atlantis Technology Ltd., B for Transfer Egypt, B Payment Services Nigeria, B Transfer Services Ltd., B Transfer Services Ltd. UAE, B Transfer Services Uganda, Bancroft Way Ltd., BitPesa Kenya Ltd., BitPesa RDC SARL, BitPesa Senegal Ltd., BitPesa South Africa, BitPesa Tanzania Ltd., BitPesa Uganda Ltd., Bitvo, Inc., Blockfolio Holdings, Inc., Blockfolio, Inc., Blue Ridge Ltd., BT Payment Services Ghana, BT Payment Services South Africa, BT Payments Uganda, BT Pesa Nigeria Ltd., BTC Africa S.A., BTLS Limited Tanzania, Cardinal Ventures Ltd., Cedar Bay Ltd., Cedar Grove Technology Services, Ltd., Clifton Bay Investments LLC, Clifton Bay Investments Ltd., CM-Equity AG, Corner Stone Staffing, Cottonwood Grove Ltd., Cottonwood Technologies Ltd., Crypto Bahamas LLC, DAAG Trading, DMCC, Deck Technologies Holdings LLC, Deck Technologies Inc., Deep Creek Ltd., Digital Custody Inc., Euclid Way Ltd., Exchange 4 Free Seychellen, Exchange 4Free Australia Br., Exchange 4Free Ltd., Exchange 4Free South Africa Br., Exchange 4Free Swiss Branch, Finfax Company, FTX (Gibraltar) Ltd., FTX Canada Inc., FTX Certificates GmbH, FTX Crypto Services Ltd., FTX Digital Assets LLC, FTX Digital Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX EMEA Ltd., FTX Equity Record Holdings Ltd., FTX Europe AG, FTX Exchange FZE, FTX Hong Kong Ltd., FTX Japan Holdings K.K., FTX Japan K.K., FTX Japan Services KK, FTX Lend Inc., FTX Marketplace, Inc., FTX Products (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX Property Holdings Ltd., FTX Services Solutions Ltd., FTX Structured Products AG, FTX Switzerland GmbH, FTX Trading GmbH, FTX Trading Ltd., FTX TURKEY TEKNOLOJİ VE TİCARET ANONİM ŞİRKET, FTX US Derivatives LLC, FTX US Services, Inc., FTX US Trading, Inc., FTX Vault Trust Company, FTX Ventures Ltd., FTX Ventures Partnership, FTX Zuma Ltd., GG Trading Terminal Ltd., Global Compass Dynamics Ltd., Good Luck Games, LLC, Goodman Investments Ltd., Hannam Group Inc., Hawaii Digital Assets Inc., Hilltop Technology Services LLC, Hive Empire Trading Pty Ltd., Innovatia Ltd., Island Bay Ventures Inc., K-DNA Financial Services Ltd., Killarney Lake Investments Ltd., Ledger Holdings Inc., LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Master Fund LP, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Master Fund LP, Ledger Prime LLC, LedgerPrime Ventures, LP, Liquid Financial USA Inc., LiquidEX LLC, Liquid Securities Singapore Pte Ltd., LT Baskets Ltd., Maclaurin Investments Ltd., Mangrove Cay Ltd., North Dimension Inc., North Dimension Ltd., North Wireless Dimension Inc., Paper Bird Inc., Pioneer Street Inc., Quoine India Pte Ltd., Quoine Pte Ltd., Quoine Vietnam Co. Ltd., SNG INVESTMENTS YATIRIM VE DANIŞMANLIK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ, Strategy Ark Collective Ltd., Technology Services Bahamas Limited, Tigetwit Ltd., TransferZero, Verdant Canyon Capital LLC, West Innovative Barista Ltd., West Realm Shires Financial Services Inc., West Realm Shires Services Inc., Western Concord Enterprises Ltd., and ZUBR Exchange Ltd. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Director Details for LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Offshore Fund, a Cayman Islands Monetary Authority-registered mutual fund which appears to be affiliated with Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Group of crypto companies, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 12th, 2022.

Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has suspended the investment license of FTX EU Ltd., which is part of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Group of crypto companies.

Chapter 11 Petition by 134 entities comprising the FTX Group, including those in Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vietnam, namely Alameda Aus Pty Ltd., Alameda Global Services Ltd., Alameda Research (Bahamas) Ltd., Alameda Research Holdings Inc., Alameda Research KK, Alameda Research LLC, Alameda Research Ltd., Alameda Research Pte Ltd., Alameda Research Yankari Ltd., Alameda TR Ltd., Alameda TR Systems S. de R. L., Allston Way Ltd., Altalix Ltd., Analisya Pte Ltd., Atlantis Technology Ltd., B for Transfer Egypt, B Payment Services Nigeria, B Transfer Services Ltd., B Transfer Services Ltd. UAE, B Transfer Services Uganda, Bancroft Way Ltd., BitPesa Kenya Ltd., BitPesa RDC SARL, BitPesa Senegal Ltd., BitPesa South Africa, BitPesa Tanzania Ltd., BitPesa Uganda Ltd., Bitvo, Inc., Blockfolio Holdings, Inc., Blockfolio, Inc., Blue Ridge Ltd., BT Payment Services Ghana, BT Payment Services South Africa, BT Payments Uganda, BT Pesa Nigeria Ltd., BTC Africa S.A., BTLS Limited Tanzania, Cardinal Ventures Ltd., Cedar Bay Ltd., Cedar Grove Technology Services, Ltd., Clifton Bay Investments LLC, Clifton Bay Investments Ltd., CM-Equity AG, Corner Stone Staffing, Cottonwood Grove Ltd., Cottonwood Technologies Ltd., Crypto Bahamas LLC, DAAG Trading, DMCC, Deck Technologies Holdings LLC, Deck Technologies Inc., Deep Creek Ltd., Digital Custody Inc., Euclid Way Ltd., Exchange 4 Free Seychellen, Exchange 4Free Australia Br., Exchange 4Free Ltd., Exchange 4Free South Africa Br., Exchange 4Free Swiss Branch, Finfax Company, FTX (Gibraltar) Ltd., FTX Canada Inc., FTX Certificates GmbH, FTX Crypto Services Ltd., FTX Digital Assets LLC, FTX Digital Holdings (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX EMEA Ltd., FTX Equity Record Holdings Ltd., FTX Europe AG, FTX Exchange FZE, FTX Hong Kong Ltd., FTX Japan Holdings K.K., FTX Japan K.K., FTX Japan Services KK, FTX Lend Inc., FTX Marketplace, Inc., FTX Products (Singapore) Pte Ltd., FTX Property Holdings Ltd., FTX Services Solutions Ltd., FTX Structured Products AG, FTX Switzerland GmbH, FTX Trading GmbH, FTX Trading Ltd., FTX Turkey Teknoloji ve Ticaret AŞ, FTX US Derivatives LLC, FTX US Services, Inc., FTX US Trading, Inc., FTX Vault Trust Company, FTX Ventures Ltd., FTX Ventures Partnership, FTX Zuma Ltd., GG Trading Terminal Ltd., Global Compass Dynamics Ltd., Good Luck Games, LLC, Goodman Investments Ltd., Hannam Group Inc., Hawaii Digital Assets Inc., Hilltop Technology Services LLC, Hive Empire Trading Pty Ltd., Innovatia Ltd., Island Bay Ventures Inc., K-DNA Financial Services Ltd., Killarney Lake Investments Ltd., Ledger Holdings Inc., LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Master Fund LP, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Fund, LLC, LedgerPrime Digital Asset Opportunities Master Fund LP, Ledger Prime LLC, LedgerPrime Ventures, LP, Liquid Financial USA Inc., LiquidEX LLC, Liquid Securities Singapore Pte Ltd., LT Baskets Ltd., Maclaurin Investments Ltd., Mangrove Cay Ltd., North Dimension Inc., North Dimension Ltd., North Wireless Dimension Inc., Paper Bird Inc., Pioneer Street Inc., Quoine India Pte Ltd., Quoine Pte Ltd., Quoine Vietnam Co. Ltd., SNG Investments Yatirim ve Danişmanlik AŞ, Strategy Ark Collective Ltd., Technology Services Bahamas Limited, Tigetwit Ltd., TransferZero, Verdant Canyon Capital LLC, West Innovative Barista Ltd., West Realm Shires Financial Services Inc., West Realm Shires Services Inc., Western Concord Enterprises Ltd., and ZUBR Exchange Ltd. at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Media Release by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas that it "took action to freeze assets of FTX Digital Markets and related parties".

First Amended Complaint alleging cryptocurrency market manipulation, RICO, and fraud in Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement LLC, of Puerto Rico v. FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; Alameda Research LLC, of Delaware; Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Samuel Bankman-Fried, of California; Gary Wang, of California; Andy Croghan, of California; Constance Wang, described as a citizen and resident of Hong Kong; Darren Wong, of California, and Caroline Ellison, of California, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

A complaint for damages of $150M for alleged cryptocurrency futures trading fraud and the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business has been filed against individuals and companies in Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong, and the United States, including Alameda Research and FTX Trading.

Complaint alleging cryptocurrency market manipulation, RICO, and fraud in Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement LLC, of Puerto Rico v. FTX Trading Ltd., of Antigua and Barbuda; Alameda Research LLC, of Delaware; Alameda Research Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands; Samuel Bankman-Fried, of California; Gary Wang, of California; Andy Croghan, of California; Constance Wang, described as a citizen and resident of Hong Kong; Darren Wong, of California, and Caroline Ellison, of California, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.