BREAKDOWN: Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison Plead Guilty to Fraud as SBF Lands In US
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🗓️ 22 December 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
After pleading guilty, the two FTX/Alameda leaders face 50 and 110 years in prison, respectively.
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In breaking news last night, Sam Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas to the U.S. to face charges ranging from wire fraud to campaign finance fraud. Almost as soon as the plane took off, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that Alameda’s Caroline Ellison and FTX’s Gary Wang had pleaded guilty and were cooperating with prosecutors. NLW breaks down everything we learned in the last 24 hours.
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| 0:51.0 | Last week, we announced charges against Samuel Bankman-Fried for a sweeping fraud scheme |
| 0:56.0 | that contributed to FTX's collapse and for a campaign finance scheme that sought to influence |
| 1:01.2 | public policy in Washington. |
| 1:03.9 | As I said last week, this investigation is very much ongoing and it's moving very quickly. |
| 1:09.6 | I also said that last week's announcement would not be our last, and let me be clear once again, |
| 1:14.6 | neither is today's. |
| 1:15.6 | I want to make two announcements. |
| 1:17.6 | First, I'm announcing that the Southern District of New York has filed charges against |
| 1:21.6 | Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Gary Wong, a co-founder of FTX, |
| 1:28.9 | in connection with their roles in the frauds that contributed to FTX's collapse. |
| 1:33.7 | Both Ms. Ellison and Mr. Wong have pled guilty to those charges, |
| 1:37.7 | and they are both cooperating with the Southern District of New York. |
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