Veröffentlicht von • Court filings have accused Bahamas officials of asking Bankman-Fried to mint new tokens and transfer them to government officials.
• The Securities Commission of the Bahamas has refuted the claims that tokens under its control were stolen.
• Anyone remotely connected to FTX is coming out badly in the midst of the whole debacle, including the Bahamas regulator.
The collapse of FTX has been a spectacular one, and it has left a lot of people stunned and surprised. It has also led to some startling revelations, such as the allegation that Bahamas government officials asked Bankman-Fried to mint a new token and transfer it to their control. This came from court filings in December, and it was reported by Bloomberg. The filing also mentioned that the officials were trying to help Bankman-Fried regain access to the computer systems on the FTX platform.
The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) has strongly refuted these allegations. In a statement, they said that any suggestion that tokens under their control were stolen was “false and defamatory”. They also said that they are actively working with international partners to investigate the matter.
It’s hard to know what allegations are true and what’s not, but there’s no doubt that anyone remotely connected to FTX is coming out badly amid the whole debacle. This includes the Bahamas regulator, who have been accused of working with Bankman-Fried to mint a new token and transfer it to their control.
The legal repercussions of this whole debacle are still being felt. Bankman-Fried is currently facing a number of legal issues, and the Bahamas regulator is also facing a lot of scrutiny. It remains to be seen how this all plays out, but it’s clear that anyone involved in this mess is in for a long and difficult legal fight.