倒闭的加密货币交易所 FTX 起诉前高管 Ryan Salame，指控他窃取 9900 万美元

FTX 本周向美国特拉华州破产法院提起诉讼。据称，Salame 在 2020 年 11 月至 2022 年 11 月期间提取了 5290 万美元的电汇和 2980 万美元的数字资产

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

破产管理机构起诉 FTX 前高管 Ryan Salame 挪用 9900 万美元资金

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

破产财产起诉前 FTX 高管挪用 9900 万美元资金

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.

破产财产起诉 FTX 前高管 Ryan Salame 挪用超过 9900 万美元资金 倒闭的数字资产交易所 FTX 周四对前高管 Ryan Salame 提起诉讼，指控他挪用了 9900 万美元的数字货币和法定货币。

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 本周向美国特拉华州破产法院提起诉讼。据称，Salame 在 2020 年 11 月至 2022 年 11 月期间撤回了 5290 万美元的电汇和 2980 万美元的数字资产，当时该交易所倒闭并申请了第 11 章破产保护。他通过欺诈性转移（其目的是欺骗债权人）或通过在没有收到足够回报的情况下付款而获得其余部分。

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 级别最高的高管之一。当数字资产交易所还处于起步阶段时，他在香港加入了名誉扫地的创始人 Sam Bankman-Fried，之后逐渐成为 SBF 最值得信赖的盟友之一。他于 2021 年带头向巴哈马移民，并领导该岛国分裂一段时间。

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.

现在，破产财产机构正在寻求追回据称他在优先期内收到的资金。在破产程序中，这是申请破产之前的一段时间，在此期间，法院可以要求返还收益，因为这些收益被认为导致了公司的倒闭。

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.”

除了被挪用的资金外，该遗产管理机构还寻求追回至少 770 万美元，这是萨拉姆在担任 FTX 高级管理人员期间获得的工资。此外，据报道，该交易所还向他授予了 900 万个 FTT 代币作为奖金，尽管他知道该代币“因对 FTX 客户实施和隐瞒的欺诈行为而严重膨胀”，但他仍将这些代币兑现。

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 万美元的价格出售了这些代币，他用这些钱购买了企业、豪华汽车和房产。他还向纽约风险投资公司 RedBird Capital Partners 筹集的基金投资了 230 万美元。

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 还希望法院命令 Salame 转让他用挪用资金在迈阿密、康涅狄格州、葡萄牙、巴厘岛和香港购买的房产。

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 是第一个因 FTX 崩溃而被定罪并被判刑的 SBF 亲信，被判入狱 7.5 年。然而，他并未因向客户诈骗数十亿美元或 FTX 团队犯下的其他几项金融犯罪而被判刑。相反，正是他在经营无证汇款业务中所扮演的角色让他垮台。

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 还因规避竞选捐赠法资助美国各地的共和党候选人而被定罪。在他的鼎盛时期，他成为共和党 (GOP) 最年轻的巨额捐赠者之一，与 SBF 和所有其他专门支持 FTX 的高管分道扬镳。民主党候选人。

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，他还调整了 FTX 的工作协议，向他的“加密货币”说客妻子授予 40 万美元的顾问签约奖金。后来发现，这些资金是竞选捐款，用于资助她竞选长岛的空缺众议院席位，这违反了美国选举法。

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.

与所有其他同事不同，萨拉姆拒绝与美国检察官合作。例如，姊妹公司 Alameda 的前高管、SBF 的女友卡罗琳·埃里森 (Caroline Ellison) 就是 SBF 的明星证人。检察官指出，他们没有看到证人给予更多的合作。这次合作为她赢得了法庭的宽大处理，判处她两年监禁。

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!”

虽然萨拉姆于五月被判刑，但一个月前才向联邦惩教中心报到。他甚至在 LinkedIn 上开玩笑说，“我很高兴与大家分享，我将在 FCI 坎伯兰开始新的囚犯职位！”