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12/19/2022
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Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX says it is considering using legal avenues to recover all payments and contributions handed out by its associated entities and former executives, which could include the millions in political donations made from its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

In a Dec. 19 press ຄໍາຖະແຫຼງທີ່, FTX said it had already “been approached by a number of recipients of contributions or other payments” that were made by, or at the direction of Sam Bankman-Fried or other officers, adding those entities have sought “directions for the return of such funds.”

Just last week, three prominent Democratic organizations pledged to return over ມູນຄ່າ 1 ລ້ານໂດລາ of Bankman-Fried’s political donations on Dec. 16, following Bankman-Fried’s arrest and indictment.

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Days earlier on Dec. 13, a press secretary for the White House was asked whether the Biden administration would return the $5.2 million in campaign donations previously given by Bankman-Fried but refrained from answering at the time.

In its recent statement, FTX invited those who received funds to “make arrangements for the return of such payments” warning if they weren’t returned voluntarily it would commence legal action in court to claw back the payments with interest.

Legal experts previously warned up to ມູນຄ່າ 73 ລ້ານໂດລາ of FTX’s political donations could be targeted for recovery to repay the speculated one million creditors owed up to an estimated $10 billion to $50 billion in its bankruptcy case.

Meanwhile, some members of the United States Congress on the receiving end of FTX’s political contributions have reportedly donated the funds to charity in a bid to distance themselves from the exchange and its founder.

Members of Congress such as the Democratic leader in the U.S. House, Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democrat whip, Dick Durbin have reportedly donated money received from FTX to various charitie.

Republican Senator John Hoeven similarly donated the $11,600 he received from Bankman-Fried and Salame to the Salvation Army.

However, FTX said these charitable offloads won’t be enough to stop it from coming after the funds, stating:

“Making a payment or donation to a third party (including a charity) […] Does not prevent the FTX Debtors from seeking recovery.”

Bankman-Fried was the second-largest Democratic Party contributor with $36.8 million wired to candidates in the ການເລືອກຕັ້ງກາງສະໄໝປີ 2022ທີ່ຢູ່ ລາວຍັງ funnel $5.2 ລ້ານ to Joe Biden’s 2020 U.S. presidential campaign becoming its second-largest “CEO-contributor.”

The FTX founder claimed in a Nov. 16 interview with crypto vlogger Tiffany Fong to have “donated about the same to both parties” but his donations to Republicans were “dark.”

ທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງ: Sam Bankman-Fried ຕົກ ລົງ ເຫັນ ດີ ກັບ US extradition 'ເພື່ອເຮັດໃຫ້ລູກຄ້າຖືກຕ້ອງ': ບົດລາຍງານ

Other FTX executives such as Ryan Salame ບໍລິຈາກ around $20 million to Republican candidates and Nishad Singh donated at least $500,000 to the Oregon Democrats.

On Dec. 13 Bankman-Fried was ຖືກ​ກ່າວ​ຫາ​ໃນ​ການ​ລະ​ເມີດ​ of campaign finance laws including contribution violations and obstructing the Federal Election Commission’s functions along with making contributions in the name of others.