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DOJ Targets Bankman-Fried’s Luxury Jets

The Rise, the Fall and the Reaction

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) listed two private jets
among the assets that could be seized in recovering money linked to the
collapse of Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange, FTX. Bankman-Fried is
currently on trial in New York for fraud and conspiracy.

The court filing, submitted yesterday (Wednesday), provided
information about the jets. However, even though Sam Bankman-Fried supposedly
owned them, these expensive jets were never used by him. According to a report
from Coindesk, there are concerns about whether the aircraft was bought using
customers’ funds.

The DOJ maintains that both aircraft are subject to
forfeiture as assets acquired with fraudulently obtained proceeds. On the
contrary, FTX has claimed ownership, citing that the loans used for their
acquisition were undocumented.

With the unresolved ownership dispute, questions have
emerged concerning who will bear the financial burden of ongoing repairs and
inspections for these high-end aircraft. Interestingly, no one associated with
FTX ever used the jets, as they were still undergoing upgrades when the company
filed for bankruptcy

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