Athletes. Actors. Republicans. Democrats. They all benefited from SBF’s largesse. And one witness saw it happen up close.
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Following testimony from a customer who lost money stored on FTX, the government brought in one of its key witnesses:, Singh was a core member of SBF’s inner circle. SBF watchers have long kept a close eye on Singh, not least because he was a resident of SBF’s infamous Bahamas penthouse, and because he’d pleaded guilty in February to charges of wire fraud, conspiracies to commit commodities and securities fraud, money laundering, and—perhaps most distinctively—campaign finance violations.
Another government exhibit laid out an elaborate spreadsheet that tracked political donations and charitable gifts made from SBF, FTX’s U.S. branch, Singh, Ellison, and “RDS,” whom we can safely assume to be. Throughout mid-to-late 2021—notably, before he first linked up with Kives—SBF donated about $5,800 each to six congressional Democrats: Sens. Alex Padilla, Joe Manchin, Patty Murray, and John Hickenlooper along with Reps. Peter Aguilar and Hakeem Jeffries.
Anyway, “for the donations that were made in your name in the fall of 2022 that were funded with wires from Alameda, from where did you understand the money was coming from?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos asked Nishad Singh. Quoth the witness:
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