Jakarta –
The boss’s trillions of rupiah assets FTX, Sam Bankman Friedconfiscated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). According to the court, most of its value was in Robinhood stock.
Refer to the information presented Reuters, Saturday (21/1/2023), the Department of Justice revealed that the confiscation of Robinhood shares was carried out earlier this month. In addition, the confiscation also targeted a number of cash in various banks and accounts Binance.
It is known that the value of the confiscated Robinhood shares reached USD 525 million or around IDR 7.9 trillion. The amount has been the subject of a dispute between Bankman, FTX, and crypto lender BlockFi.
The Department of Justice also confiscated cash, which led to USD 94.5 million or around IDR 1.4 trillion in cash. The money was obtained through a Silvergate Bank account, which is related to FTX Digital Markets, a subsidiary of FTX in the Bahamas.
It didn’t stop there, they also confiscated USD 7 million or around Rp. 105 billion from a similar bank with a different account. Nah Prior to that, the Department of Justice also withheld USD 50 million from the FTX Digital Markets account at Moonstone Bank.
Other assets in the three Binance accounts were also affected by the forfeiture. That way the total itself is almost USD 700 million or around IDR 10 trillion. The confiscation of the assets of the FTX boss was the result of a crime he committed, in which Sam Bankman Fried was charged with fraud against his investors.
Latest related news Sam Bankman Fried, where he was extradited to the United States from the Bahamas. Apparently, one of the informants disclosed how the mistake was made FTX is a woman suspected of being his ex-girlfriend.
He was charged with a maximum penalty of 115 years in prison. But is currently being released, on $250 million bail to be placed under house arrest at his parents’ residence in Palo Alto, California, near Stanford University.
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