Could SBF have rescued FTX?

Prosecutors say he manipulated funds to defraud depositors and investors of FTX, his collapsed crypto exchange. SBF has said he could have rescued the company — and may make his case on the witness stand. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily.

Did Bankman-fried use FTX customer funds to pay criminal defense bills?

The bankruptcy estate for FTX has alleged that Bankman-Fried is using FTX customer funds to pay for his criminal defense bills. —The Department of Justice is planning to use notes and to-do lists from SBF’s onetime girlfriend and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison in their case against Bankman-Fried.

Are SBF's parents siphoning money from FTX?

Another lawsuit accuses SBF's parents — the prominent Stanford University professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried — of siphoning millions of dollars from FTX. Lawyers representing FTX debtors in its bankruptcy case have been attending pre-trial hearings, watching them like hawks and keen to absorb as much information as possible.

Did Bankman-fried commingle funds between FTX and Alameda research?

According to prosecutors, Bankman-Fried commingled funds between FTX, where he was CEO, and Alameda Research, a hedge fund he also controlled. Once the fishy financials became public late last year, customers and investors rushed to take their money out of the failing exchange and FTX's proprietary cryptocurrency token lost much of its value.