We read the 230-page investigation into FTX so you don’t have to
The examiner appointed in the FTX bankruptcy has released its report, highlighting a variety of bad behavior from the firm and its executives leading up to its collapse. The report contains allegations about how FTX paid off whistleblowers, dealt with ‘capital issues’ at its bank, and when various executives knew about the insolvency of FTX group entities. Who knew? The report contains allegations about which executives and firms were aware of the ‘hole’ in FTX Group’s books before the collapse. It alleges that Ryan Salame ‘assisted with the creation of the backdated payment agent agreement; made or directed other FTX Group employees to make misrepresentations to banks about the purpose of FTX Group bank accounts; misappropriated FTX Group assets to buy real estate, restaurants, and food service companies, and to make other purchases and investments, including a private jet; and withdrew millions of dollars from his FTX.com account shortly before F...