Investigations into the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX have located over 5 billion dollars of cash, liquid cryptocurrency and liquid investment securities, but the full extent of losses to customers is still unknown.
Former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried has been accused of committing “one of the biggest financial frauds in US history.”
Mr Bankman-Fried has been quoted as saying “I didn’t knowingly commit fraud. I don’t think I committed fraud. I didn’t want any of this to happen. I was certainly not nearly as competent as I thought I was.”
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