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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked victims of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)\u2019s fraud to come forward. The former FTX executive has been charged with \u201cdefrauding customers of FTX.com, investors in FTX.com, and lenders to Alameda Research,\u201d the Justice Department noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached out to victims of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)\u2019s fraud via its website Friday, explaining their rights and asking them to come forward. Bankman-Fried co-founded FTX and served as its CEO when the crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy<\/a> in November last year.<\/p>\n The DOJ wrote:<\/p>\n If you believe that you may have been a victim of fraud by Samuel Bankman-Fried, a\/k\/a \u2018SBF,\u2019 please contact the victim\/witness coordinator at the United States Attorney\u2019s Office \u2026 for assistance in verifying whether you are a victim in this case.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The Justice Department explained that on Dec. 13, 2022, \u201can eight-count indictment was unsealed charging<\/a> Samuel Bankman-Fried with defrauding customers of FTX.com, investors in FTX.com, and lenders to Alameda Research.\u201d<\/p>\n The DOJ detailed: \u201cBankman-Fried is charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the campaign finance laws.\u201d<\/p>\n Prosecutors are required by federal law to contact possible crime victims to inform them of their rights.<\/p>\n However, in court papers filed on Friday, federal prosecutors in Manhattan asked U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who has been assigned to the SBF case, for permission to use a website to notify victims, rather than contacting each individually. They claimed that the collapsed crypto exchange FTX could owe money to more than one million people, making it \u201cimpracticable\u201d to contact each person.<\/p>\n Bankman-Fried, who is currently at his parents\u2019 house on a $250 billion bond, has pleaded not guilty<\/a> to fraud charges. Meanwhile, the DOJ has moved to seize<\/a> shares of Robinhood Markets (Nasdaq: HOOD), worth about $460 million, linked to the former FTX boss.<\/p>\nDOJ Urges Victims of SBF Fraud to Come Forward<\/h2>\n
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