Sam-Bankman Fried wanted an in-person meeting with the new FTX CEO

FTX’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, tried to arrange an in-person meeting with its current CEO, John Ray, weeks after being accused of fraud.

• According to recently released emails archived by federal prosecutors on Monday, Bankman-Fried said she wanted to help the asset recovery process where she could.
• On December 30, he asked if Ray’s team was responsible for draining assets from Alameda Research, which he had read about in a newspaper article.
• “If this is your team moving assets into escrow, great!” Bankman-Fried wrote. “If not, I’m worried he’s a hacker, possibly the same one as a month and a half ago.” a mysterious hacker Exhausted $500 million from FTX shortly after the company filed for bankruptcy in November, though his identity remains a mystery.
• Ray has previously stated that Bankman-Fried has yet to give him any details about the bankruptcy that he doesn’t know about yet.
• The former billionaire also contacted the general counsel for FTX US earlier this month, which the government saw as an attempt to influence the testimony of a potential witness. Bankman-Fried’s attorney said it was simply an innocuous attempt to help with the bankruptcy process.
• Bankman-Fried has critically spoken de Ray, as well as the law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, for trying to get as much of their bankruptcy fee as possible.