The payment to the American Yacht Group was disclosed under the category of payments benefiting any insider within one year prior to the crypto exchange collapse.
FTX Debtors have disclosed a series of financial statements revealing any transactions that benefited company executives before the major cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse.
In a recent court filing with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, several payments that directly benefited senior company executives at FTX and Alameda Research were disclosed. Specifically payments or property transfers executed within one year preceding the collapse of FTX.
In March 2022, a transaction of $2.51 million was directed from the company to the American Yacht Group, benefiting former Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco.
In a tweet in August 2022, while letting his followers know that he had resigned, Trabucco also confirme that he had a boat.
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In April 2022, Bankman-Fried and Wang bought Robinhood shares for a total of $35,185,242. In May 2022, they acquired more shares, spending $19.45 million. It discloses that Bankman-Fired owned 90% of the shares, while Wang held 10%.
On Aug. 31, Robinhood completed the purchase of 55,273,469 shares for roughly $606 million. Following the purchase announcement, Robinhood’s CFO Jason Warnick declared that the company is happy with the result:
“We are happy to have completed the purchase of these shares and look forward to executing on our growth plans on behalf of our customers and shareholders.”
However, it notes that the disclosures are limited to fiat currency. “Responses to this question do not currently include all transfers of cryptocurrency, other digital assets or other assets,” it stated.
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