Is Caroline Ellison Sam Bankman-fried's ex-girlfriend?

Caroline Ellison — the 28-year-old CEO of doomed crypto firm Alameda Research — is facing scrutiny not only over the firm’s multibillion-dollar meltdown, but also over rumors that she’s the ex-girlfriend of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

Who is Caroline Bankman-fried?

Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to 13 charges and is on house arrest in California on a $250 million bond. Ellison’s sudden infamy was shocking to those who knew her. “When I picture her, I still picture Caroline as this petite, reserved, shy girl doing something low-energy or sedentary,” said a classmate from Stanford University.

Did Ellison have a role in Bankman-fried fraud?

It is, of course, fair to say that Ellison had responsibility — she’s already pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud, securities fraud, and money laundering — but it also muddies the water around accusations that Bankman-Fried guided a criminal operation.

Who is Caroline Ellison?

Three months before the cryptocurrency market imploded last year, Caroline Ellison, the 27-year-old chief executive of the crypto hedge fund Alameda Research, was racked with self-doubt. “I have been feeling pretty unhappy and overwhelmed with my job,” Ms. Ellison wrote in a Google document in February 2022.