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Financial crime investigation

The FTX Crypto Fraud

How an $8 billion customer fund theft hid behind effective altruism and a crypto empire

8 chapters|~15 min|Interactive investigation

Case timeline

2017Alameda ResearchCh 1
2019Building FTXCh 2
2021The Effective Altruism BillionaireCh 3
2022The Hidden BackdoorCh 4
Nov 2, 2022CoinDesk Lights the FuseCh 5
Nov 6-8, 2022The Bank RunCh 6
Nov 11, 2022Bankruptcy & ArrestCh 7
2023-2024JusticeCh 8