FTX accuses ex-lawyer of aiding Bankman-Fried’s fraud, silencing whistleblowers

Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX sued one of its former top lawyers, accusing him of aiding fraud by company founder Sam Bankman-Fried and silencing whistleblowers who reported wrongdoing at the company.

The complaint, filed on Tuesday in US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, describes Daniel Friedberg, a former chief compliance officer at FTX and general counsel of its related crypto hedge fund Alameda Research, as a “fixer” for Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives who enabled the “wholesale raiding” of customer funds.