Bankman-Fried claims he ‘didn’t ever try to commit fraud’

By Charlie Conchie Sam Bankman-Fried tried to reject allegations he had committed fraud in the collapse of FTX yesterday as he mounted his first public defence since the implosion of the crypto exchange earlier this month. In his first public appearance since the implosion of FTX at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit, Bankman Fried said he had not knowingly gambled with customer funds via FTX’s sister trading firm Alameda Research. “I didn’t ever try to commit fraud,” Bankman-Fried said in the interview. FTX collapsed amid a liquidity crunch after the firm reportedly shifted around $10bn of i…

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