- FTX lawyers seek to recover $71 million from the company’s Philanthropic and Life Science arm.
- The court filings claim that the donations were made with ulterior motives rather than to help those in financial need.
- This latest attempt adds to a string of others in which the company tries to recover misused funds.
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its sister company Alameda Research want to recover over $71 million from its philanthropic arm and other life science entities, court documents reveal. This latest attempt follows similar actions by FTX as the now-defunct company tries to recover misappropriated funds. So far, as of June 2023, the company has recovered over $7 billion.
Per the court documents, the donations made to the company’s philanthropic arm were for “the personal aggrandizement” of Sam Bankman-Fried. According to the firm’s lawyers, the donations were made under the guise of altruism, an ideology rooted in the redistribution of wealth to the most vulnerable. Instead, the filings claim the donations were made to improve the former CEO’s goodwill and political influence.
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