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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried apologized or admitted failure at least 12 times during his appearance at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Nov. 30. In a wide-ranging video interview, Bankman-Fried was asked to answer a number of questions surrounding the downfall of the now-defunct exchange , with some even suggesting that some of his statements could be used to incriminate him in legal proceedings .

In a Nov. 30 Twitter post , crypto attorney Jeremy Hogan, Partner at Hogan & Hogan said that the “light cross-examination” of Bankman-Fried at the DealBook Summit has already returned “at least 3 incriminating statements so far. ” SBF is getting a light cross-examination at the NYT/Dealbook Summit and has made at least 3 incriminating statements so far.

Why are his lawyers (or parents) letting him do this?? pic. twitter. com/Nd0poutAA0 Alan Rosca from the law firm Rosca Scarlato said it was “pretty astonishing that he’s in effect testifying at the DealBook summit.

Hard to think of a precedent for this. ” Bankman-Fried’s first concession came while greeting interviewer Andrew Sorkin, when he said in reference to the collapse of FTX: An apology came moments later when Sorkin confronted him with a letter written by an FTX customer who lost $2 million in life savings after the exchange collapsed. “I’m deeply sorry about what happened,” said Bankman-Fried in response to the customer’s story.

Later, when discussing the allegations that Alameda used FTX client funds to cover loans, Bankman-Fried said that while he “didn’t know exactly what was going on” at Alameda,” he concedes it was still his duty as FTX CEO to “make sure I was doing diligence. ” “A lot of these are things that I’ve learned over the last month that I learned [. .

. ] I mark that as a pretty big oversight that I wasn’t more aware of,” he said. Bankman-Fried admitted failure again when quizzed about FTXs former standing in the industry and the loss of trust in crypto now that the exchange has collapsed, stating: “I mean, like, look, I screwed up.

” He continued to concede FTX’s failings , stating “there absolutely were management failures” oversight failures, and transparency failures. Toward the end of the interview, Sorkin directly asked Bankman-Fried whether he had been truthful with the audience and whether he agreed that there had been times that he had lied. Bankman-Fried said he wasn’t aware of any times that he lied, but explained that there were times when asking as a representative or “marketer” for FTX, that he would paint FTX “as compelling [.

. . ] as possible.

” “I wasn’t talking about what are the risks involved with FTX […] I obviously wish that I spent more time dwelling on the downsides and less time thinking about the upsides. Related: ‘I never opened the code for FTX:’ SBF has long, candid talk with vlogger Bankman Fried was asked what his lawyers are telling him at the moment, and whether it was a good idea for him to be speaking publicly. He answered “very much not.

” Bankman-Fried said he believes he has a duty to talk to people and explain what happened and to “try and do what’s right. ” “I don’t see what good is accomplished by me just sitting locked in a room pretending the outside world doesn’t exist,” he explained. While the interview appeared to cover a number of confronting issues for Bankman-Fried, some in the community still believe that the questions were not challenging enough, nor was there an adequate follow-up to some of the hard-hitting questions.

A Twitter poll launched by a self-proclaimed crypto trader “Cantering Clark” found that more than half of the 1,119 respondents believed Sorkin “Soft-balled” the interview with Bankman-Fried. .


From: cointelegraph
URL: https://cointelegraph.com/news/legal-professionals-astonished-as-sbf-admits-failures-apologizes-12-times-in-interview

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