Sam-Bankman Fried wanted a personal meeting with the new FTX CEO

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tried to arrange a personal meeting with its current CEO John Ray weeks after the fraud allegations were made.

• According to a recently released email filed By federal prosecutors on Monday, Bankman-Fried said she wants to be helpful in the asset recovery process where she can.
• On December 30, he asked if Ray’s team was responsible for extracting assets from Alameda Research, which he had read about in a media article.
• “If it’s your team moving assets into custody, great!” Bankman-Fried wrote. “If not, I’m worried it might be a hacker – probably like a month and a half ago.” A mysterious hacker drain $500 million from FTX shortly after the company filed for bankruptcy in November, though their identities remain a mystery.
• Ray has previously said that Bankman-Fried has yet to give him any details about the bankruptcy that he doesn’t already know.
• The former billionaire also contacted FTX US’s general counsel earlier this month, which the government viewed as an attempt to influence potential witness testimony. Bankman-Fried’s attorney said it was just an innocent attempt to assist in the bankruptcy process.
• Bankman-Fried earlier Critically speaking Ray, as well as the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, for trying to extract as many fees as possible from the bankruptcy process.