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洗钱。此外，在 2022 年 12 月 13 日，美国证券交易委员会指控 Bankman-Fried

涉嫌证券欺诈罪。

CFTC Charges Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Trading and Alameda with Fraud

and Material Misrepresentations (2022/12/13)

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the filing of

a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

against Samuel Bankman-Fried, FTX Trading Ltd. d/b/a FTX.com (FTX),

and Alameda Research LLC (Alameda). The complaint charges all three defendants

with fraud and material misrepresentations in connection with the sale of digital

commodities in interstate commerce. Further, the complaint asserts that defendants’

actions caused the loss of over $8 billion in FTX customer deposits.

“Digital commodity asset markets continue to present risks for investors due to

the lack of basic protections,” said CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam. “The CFTC
continues to be fully committed to using all available enforcement tools and

authorities to protect investors and root out those who seek to profit through fraud and

misappropriation.”

“As defendants touted and marketed FTX.com as a model digital commodity

asset platform, defendants were committing fraud to the detriment of US investors

and to the credibility of the digital asset markets,” said CFTC Acting Director of

Enforcement Gretchen Lowe. “We will work tirelessly to use the full scope of our

enforcement authority to hold such fraudsters accountable.”

Case Background

The complaint alleges that from at least May 2019 through November 11, 2022,

Bankman-Fried controlled both FTX.com, a centralized digital asset derivative

platform, and Alameda, a digital asset trading firm that operated as a primary market
maker on FTX. As charged, FTX held itself out as “the safest and easiest way to

buy and sell crypto” and represented that customers’ assets, including both fiat and

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