Sam Bankman-Fried, ehemaliger Kryptowährungs-Superstar und Gründer von FTX Exchange, wurde nach fünfwöchigem Rechtsstreit vor New Yorker Gerichten in allen sieben Anklagepunkten, einschließlich Betrug und Geldwäsche, für schuldig befunden.

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Bankman-Fried wurde beschuldigt, Milliarden von seinen Kunden veruntreut zu haben, um einen verschwenderischen Lebensstil zu finanzieren und in verschiedenen Unternehmungen zu spekulieren, was dazu führte, dass sie hohe rechtliche Verpflichtungen eingingen.

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Bankman-Fried plädierte zunächst in zwei Anklagepunkten wegen Betrugs und Verschwörung gegen sie auf nicht schuldig; Das Urteil hat jedoch Schockwellen durch den Kryptowährungssektor ausgelöst.

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Der Schuldspruch vom 3. November 2023 lässt ernsthafte Zweifel an der Rechenschaftspflicht führender Persönlichkeiten im Kryptowährungsbereich aufkommen.

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Diese Strafe kann eine Freiheitsstrafe von bis zu 110 Jahren nach sich ziehen; Das genaue Datum wird noch nicht bekannt gegeben.

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Bankman-Fried sitzt seit August im Gefängnis, nachdem ihm vorgeworfen wurde, Zeugen manipuliert zu haben. Seine Freilassung gegen Kaution wurde wegen dieser Straftaten widerrufen.

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Bankman-Fried wurde als ehrgeiziger Mensch dargestellt, der glaubte, die Konsequenzen seiner betrügerischen Handlungen vermeiden zu können; Dabei habe er, so die Verteidigung, in gutem Glauben gehandelt.

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Dieser Artikel beschreibt FTX, eine wichtige Handelsplattform für Kryptowährungen, die vor etwa einem Jahr bankrott ging und bei Anlegern digitaler Währungen weit verbreitete Panik auslöste.

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Für den Zusammenbruch von FTX wird weithin die angebliche Umleitung von Kundengeldern durch Bankman-Fried zur Unterstützung risikoreicher Transaktionen über den Hedgefonds Alameda Research verantwortlich gemacht, was zu finanziellen Turbulenzen und schließlich zum Bankrott des Unternehmens führte.

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