Two top associates of Sam Bankman-Fried have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX in cooperation deals, a federal prosecutor announced Wednesday in a stunning development that came as the digital coin entrepreneur was being flown in FBI custody to the US from the Bahamas.
Carolyn Ellison, the 28-year-old former CEO of Alameda Research, a trading firm started by Bankman-Fried, and Gary Wang, the 29-year-old who co-founded FTX, pleaded guilty to charges related to their roles in the fraud that contributed to FTX’s collapse, US Attorney Damian Williams said on Wednesday night in a video statement released on social media.
They are both cooperating with the Southern District of New York, Williams said, adding that anyone else who participated in the fraud should also reach out to his office because our patience is not eternal.
He promised that his office continued to work on the case around the clock, noting that he’d said in announcing .
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