SVP claims in the article that he is innocent, and that “I did not steal money, and I certainly did not hide millions.” He completely ignores the fact that three of his associates – including his ex-partner, Carolyn Ellison, and Gary Wang, who served as Alamida Research’s CEO and VP FTX’s finances, along with one of the senior legal advisors of the group – pleaded guilty and that all the seniors knowingly stole the clients’ funds for personal investments.
More in-
But SVP is not satisfied with the claim that he is innocent, but continues and claims that if only he had been allowed to continue running the business – he would have made sure that all the customers received their money. According to him, the American stock exchange of the group holds enough assets to allow the customers to withdraw all their funds , and the international group has assets that will allow for at least a partial return of the clients’ money. In addition, he claims that he “dedicates almost all of my personal assets for clients” – including the shares of the Robinhood stock trading application that he purchased about a year and a half ago. The last detail completely contradicts a lawsuit filed on his behalf by an editor There was a trial last week in Delaware, according to which these shares are needed to pay him – that is, to the lawyer, Michael Cohen. On the other hand, the government claims that the money should go to it, FTX claims that the money should return to its coffers, while an Israeli investor claims at least part of the shares for himself instead of his lost money.