New FTX CEO Says ‘Unacceptable Practices’ by ‘Inexperienced and Unsophisticated Individuals’ Led to FTX Collapse – Here’s What Happened
John Ray III, the new CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has claimed that Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire had virtually no corporate controls and a surprising lack of financial and other record-keeping. In prepared...
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In prepared remarks released ahead of his testimony, Ray, a bankruptcy expert who previously oversaw the aftermath of the collapsed energy giant Enron, said he has never seen such an "utter failure" of corporate controls in his entire career. ...
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