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Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down

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Sam Bankman-Fried is behind bars. The controversial founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX was taken into custody in the Bahamas yesterday after criminal charges were filed against him by the United States Department of Justice. 

In a press conference today, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York said that Bankman-Fried is facing a total of eight criminal charges, including defrauding FTX customers, FTX investors, and lenders to sister company Alameda Research.

The arrest has sparked jubilation in crypto circles, after some nail-biting over his ostensibly generous treatment by “mainstream media” and speculation (by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, no less) that his political donations may earn him a free pass of sorts with US law enforcement.

However, the timing of the arrest—one day before Bankman-Fried was due to testify before Congress about the collapse of FTX—has raised eyebrows.

Against the advice of his lawyers, Bankman-Fried has given a series of interviews since the collapse, but none have been particularly illuminating (with the exception of a Vox report that caught him off-guard). He has largely evaded straightforward questions, given tangential responses, and been generally inattentive—he played video games during at least one interview.

But as pointed out by US representative Maxine Waters, the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, today’s hearing would have marked the first time Bankman-Fried had spoken under oath about the FTX debacle. In a statement, Waters said she was “surprised” to learn of the arrest. “The public has been waiting eagerly to get these answers under oath before Congress,” she wrote, “and the timing of this arrest denies the public this opportunity.”

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In addition to providing his own testimony, Bankman-Fried was also going to have to respond to testimony from John Ray III, the liquidation savant that stepped into his shoes as CEO of FTX on November 11, who was due to speak ahead of him.

A written preview of Ray’s testimony, published in advance of the hearing, gave the first indication that Bankman-Fried was in for a rough ride. “Never in my career have I seen such an utter failure of corporate controls at every level of an organization,” wrote Ray, before describing Bankman-Fried and his inner circle as “grossly inexperienced and unsophisticated.” 

Although the particulars remain unclear, Ray confirmed that FTX customer deposits were mixed with funds held by sister company Alameda Research and used to fund risky trading activity, exposing FTX users to “massive losses.” He also explained that, contrary to Bankman-Fried’s repeated claims that FTX’s US division has always remained solvent, the offshoot “was not operated independently of FTX.com,” denting any remaining hopes that US-based customers will recover their funds in full. Bankman-Fried’s counsel did not respond to a request for comment.

A leaked version of Bankman-Fried’s own preparations, obtained by Forbes, suggests his own testimony would have added plenty to the spectacle too. According to the document, Bankman-Fried was preparing to point the finger at least in part at rival exchange Binance, which the document claims played a role in triggering the run on the bank that led to the FTX collapse. Not only did Binance engage in a sustained smear campaign, the document suggests, it also “never intended” to follow through on a rescue package agreed upon on November 8, which precluded Bankman-Fried from speaking to other potential white knights.

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