FTX sues ex-Clinton aide’s investment firm K5 Global for $700 million

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX on Thursday sued a former aide to Hilary Clinton and the former aide’s investment firm, seeking to claw back $700 million in investments allegedly made with misappropriated FTX funds.

FTX said its founder Sam Bankman-Fried was a “profligate patron” who showered Michael Kives, his firm K5 Global, and K5 co-founder Bryan Baum with cash as part of an ongoing scheme to fraudulently use company assets for personal gain, according to a complaint filed in Wilmington, Delaware, bankruptcy court.