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FTX took in millions in donations for Ukraine but allegedly re-routed
sums back to US politicians, according to Gateway Pundit
https://www.rt.com/news/566467-ftx-money-laundering-ukraine-democrats/
Failed crypto exchange was money laundering operation – report
Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, allegedly laundered billions of dollars through Ukraine by setting up
his company as the central clearinghouse for all crypto donations to
Kiev’s war effort, according to the Gateway Pundit. Democratic
politicians sending aid to Ukraine would see their money come back in
the form of donations through FTX, the outlet claimed.
FTX launched crypto donation platform Aid for Ukraine in March, setting
itself up as the central clearing house for all cryptocurrency donations
to Kiev’s war effort. While the exchange was supposed to route those donations to the National Bank of Ukraine, the report suggests it
funneled at least some of the money back to the US through political
donations. Bankman-Fried was the second-largest donor to the Democratic
Party for the midterms, pouring some $38 million into candidates’
coffers in 2022 alone.
The Ukrainian government had already received over $60 million in crypto donations as of March. FTX did not publish the amounts subsequently
taken in, but other fundraising campaigns on Kiev’s behalf have been
hugely successful - Star Wars actor Mark Hammill raised enough funds to
buy 500 drones in a single month, for example.
READ MORE: Hundreds of millions vanish from collapsed cryptocurrency giant Whatever funds the exchange had under management have presumably
evaporated with the rest of its assets due to an alleged hack last week,
and the exchange filed for bankruptcy on Friday. The resulting chaos has
sent crypto markets spiraling.
In addition to bankrolling political campaigns, Bankman-Fried spent
millions lobbying to shape cryptocurrency regulations. Democrats
responsible for overseeing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission were particular targets for his largesse, and he is now under investigation
by that same agency for moving $10 billion in client assets off FTX to
his hedge fund Alameda Research.
While Bankman-Fried’s private jet has been tracked to Argentina, the disgraced billionaire insisted on Saturday that he was still in the Bahamas.
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