倒閉的加密貨幣交易所 FTX 起訴前高層 Ryan Salame，指控他竊取 9,900 萬美元

FTX 本周向美國特拉華州破產法院提起訴訟。據稱，Salame 在 2020 年 11 月至 2022 年 11 月期間提取了 5,290 萬美元的電匯和 2,980 萬美元的數位資產

Bankruptcy Estate Sues Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Over $99M in Misappropriated Funds

破產管理機構起訴 FTX 前高階主管 Ryan Salame 挪用 9,900 萬美元資金

Bankruptcy estate sues former FTX exec over $99M in misappropriated funds

破產財產起訴前 FTX 高層挪用 9,900 萬美元資金

Bankruptcy Estate Sues Former FTX Exec Ryan Salame Over $99M in Misappropriated Fundscollapsed digital asset exchange FTX filed a lawsuit on Thursday against former executive Ryan Salame, accusing him of misappropriating $99 million in digital currencies and fiat.

破產財產起訴 FTX 前高管 Ryan Salame 挪用超過 9900 萬美元資金 倒閉的數位資產交易所 FTX 週四對前高管 Ryan Salame 提起訴訟，指控他挪用了 9900 萬美元的數字貨幣和法定貨幣。

FTX filed the lawsuit at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware this week. It alleges that Salame withdrew $52.9 million in wire transfers and $29.8 million in digital assets between November 2020 and November 2022, when the exchange collapsed and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. He received the rest through fraudulent transfers, which he designed to defraud creditors, or through payments made without receiving sufficient returns.

FTX 本周向美國特拉華州破產法院提起訴訟。據稱，Salame 在 2020 年 11 月至 2022 年 11 月期間撤回了 5,290 萬美元的電匯和 2,980 萬美元的數位資產，當時該交易所倒閉併申請了第 11 章破產保護。他透過欺詐性轉移（其目的是欺騙債權人）或在沒有收到足夠回報的情況下付款而獲得其餘部分。

Salame was one of the highest-ranking executives at FTX. After joining disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried in Hong Kong when the digital asset exchange was in its infancy, he rose to become one of SBF’s most trusted allies. He spearheaded the migration to the Bahamas in 2021 and led the island nation’s division for some time.

Salame 是 FTX 級最高的主管之一。當數位資產交易所還處於起步階段時，他在香港加入了名譽掃地的創始人 Sam Bankman-Fried，之後逐漸成為 SBF 最值得信賴的盟友之一。他於 2021 年帶頭向巴哈馬移民，並領導該島國分裂一段時間。

Now, the bankruptcy estate is seeking to recover the money it says he received during the preference period. In bankruptcy proceedings, this is the amount of time before the bankruptcy filings, during which a court can demand the disgorgement of proceeds as they are deemed to have contributed to the firm’s collapse.

現在，破產財產機構正在尋求追回據稱他在優先期間內收到的資金。在破產程序中，這是申請破產之前的一段時間，在此期間，法院可以要求返還收益，因為這些收益被認為導致了公司的倒閉。

Aside from the misappropriated funds, the estate is seeking to recover at least $7.7 million, which Salame received as salary during his time as a top-ranking executive at FTX. Additionally, the exchange reportedly awarded him nine million FTT tokens as bonuses, which he cashed in despite knowing that the token “was severely inflated by the perpetration and concealment of a fraud on FTX customers.”

除了被挪用的資金外，該遺產管理機構還尋求追回至少 770 萬美元，這是薩拉姆在擔任 FTX 高級管理人員期間獲得的工資。此外，據報道，該交易所還向他授予了900 萬個FTT 代幣作為獎金，儘管他知道該代幣“因對FTX 客戶實施和隱瞞的欺詐行為而嚴重膨脹”，但他仍將這些代幣兌現。

Salame sold the tokens for $24 million, which he used to buy businesses, luxury cars and properties. He also invested $2.3 million in a fund raised by RedBird Capital Partners, a New York-based venture capital firm.

Salame 以 2400 萬美元的價格出售了這些代幣，他用這些錢購買了企業、豪華汽車和房產。他還向紐約創投公司 RedBird Capital Partners 籌集的基金投資了 230 萬美元。

FTX also wants the court to order Salame to transfer properties he purchased with the misappropriated funds in Miami, Connecticut, Portugal, Bali and Hong Kong.

FTX 也希望法院命令 Salame 轉讓他用挪用資金在邁阿密、康乃狄克州、葡萄牙、峇裡島和香港購買的房產。

Salame was the first SBF crony to get convicted and sentenced for his role in the collapse of FTX, getting 7.5 years behind bars. However, he wasn’t sentenced for defrauding billions of dollars from customers or for several other financial crimes the FTX team committed. Instead, it was his role in operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business that took him down.

Salame 是第一個因 FTX 崩潰而被定罪並被判刑的 SBF 親信，被判入獄 7.5 年。然而，他並未因向客戶詐騙數十億美元或 FTX 團隊犯下的其他幾項金融犯罪而被判刑。相反，正是他在經營無證匯款業務中所扮演的角色讓他垮台。

Salame was also convicted of circumventing campaign donation laws to fund Republican candidates across the U.S. In his prime, he emerged as one of the youngest megadonors to the Republican Party (GOP), parting ways with SBF and all the other top FTX executives who exclusively supported Democratic Party candidates.

Salame 也因規避競選捐贈法資助美國各地的共和黨候選人而被定罪。分道揚鑣。

Additionally, he had tweaked a work agreement at FTX, awarding his ‘crypto’ lobbyist wife a $400,000 signing bonus as a consultant. It later emerged that the funds were a campaign donation to fund her run for a vacant House seat in Long Island, which violates American election laws.

此外，他還調整了 FTX 的工作協議，向他的「加密貨幣」說客妻子授予 40 萬美元的顧問簽約獎金。後來發現，這些資金是競選捐款，用於資助她競選長島的空缺眾議院席位，這違反了美國選舉法。

Unlike all his other colleagues, Salame refused to cooperate with U.S. prosecutors. Caroline Ellison, a former executive at sister firm Alameda and SBF’s girlfriend, for instance, was a star witness against SBF; the prosecutors noted that they had not witnessed higher cooperation from a witness. This cooperation earned her leniency from the court, which sentenced her to two years behind bars.

與所有其他同事不同，薩拉姆拒絕與美國檢察官合作。例如，姊妹公司 Alameda 的前高管、SBF 的女友卡洛琳·埃里森 (Caroline Ellison) 就是 SBF 的明星證人。檢察官指出，他們沒有看到證人給予更多的合作。這次合作為她贏得了法庭的寬大處理，判處她兩年監禁。

While he was sentenced in May, Salame only reported to a federal correction center a month ago. He even joked about it on LinkedIn, stating, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Inmate at FCI Cumberland!”

雖然薩拉姆在五月被判刑，但一個月前才向聯邦懲教中心報到。他甚至在 LinkedIn 上開玩笑說，“我很高興與大家分享，我將在 FCI 坎伯蘭開始新的囚犯職位！”