12 May, 2024
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US attorney says ‘we are not done’ charging individuals for FTX collapse

Multiple US government agencies held a press conference Tuesday afternoon regarding the indictment of FTX’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried.

When asked whether the entities will bring charges against other individuals allegedly involved in the FTX collapsedDamian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said during the event, “I can only say this: Clearly, we are not done.”

The meeting convened hours after the US attorney’s office, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) all filed charges against Bankman-Fried” class=”link “filed charges against Bankman-Fried earlier in the day.

This transpired after Bankman-Fried was bankman-fried-has-been-arrested-in-the-bahamas/” data-ylk=”slk:arrested” class=”link “arrested in the Bahamas on Monday night. The SEC charged Bankman-Fried for an alleged “years-long scheme to defraud investors of FTX,” Gurbir Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said during the conference. Bankman-Fried is being investigated for other securities violations. The US attorney’s office and the CFTC filed charges against him in “parallel actions.”

Williams declined to comment on which FTX-related individuals have cooperated in the investigations to date but reiterated the importance for those who haven’t to “do so and do so quickly.”

“As alleged in our complaint, starting in 2019 continuing through November 2022, Bankman-Fried raised more than $1.8 billion from equity investors on the basis of lies,” Grewal said. “FTX operated behind a veneer of legitimacy that Bankman-Fried created among other things … but as we allege in our complaint, that veneer wasn’t just thin, it was also fraudulent.”

Grewal said since FTX’s inception in 2019, Bankman-Fried had been secretly diverting customer funds to his crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research. “As alleged in our complaint, he then misused those funds to make undisclosed venture investments, lavish real estate purchases and large political donations.”

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US attorney says ‘we are not done’ charging individuals for FTX collapse

Multiple US government agencies held a press conference Tuesday afternoon regarding the indictment of FTX’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried.

When asked whether the entities will bring charges against other individuals allegedly involved in the FTX collapsedDamian Williams, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said during the event, “I can only say this: Clearly, we are not done.”

The meeting convened hours after the US attorney’s office, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) all bankman-fried-with-defrauding-investors/” data-ylk=”slk:filed charges against Bankman-Fried” class=”link “filed charges against Bankman-Fried earlier in the day.

This transpired after Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday night. The SEC charged Bankman-Fried for an alleged “years-long scheme to defraud investors of FTX,” Gurbir Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, said during the conference. Bankman-Fried is being investigated for other securities violations. The US attorney’s office and the CFTC filed charges against him in “parallel actions.”

Williams declined to comment on which FTX-related individuals have cooperated in the investigations to date but reiterated the importance for those who haven’t to “do so and do so quickly.”

“As alleged in our complaint, starting in 2019 continuing through November 2022, Bankman-Fried raised more than $1.8 billion from equity investors on the basis of lies,” Grewal said. “FTX operated behind a veneer of legitimacy that Bankman-Fried created among other things … but as we allege in our complaint, that veneer wasn’t just thin, it was also fraudulent.”

Grewal said since FTX’s inception in 2019, Bankman-Fried had been secretly diverting customer funds to his crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research. “As alleged in our complaint, he then misused those funds to make undisclosed venture investments, lavish real estate purchases and large political donations.”

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‘Communication is key’ for this award-winning broker

Duliban Insurance Brokers puts so much emphasis on its communication aspect, and that is why it has been recognized as one of Insurance Business Canada’s 5-Star Brokerages – Ontario 2022. If there is any doubt about the success of this brokerage, one only needs to look at the many awards IBC has conferred upon Duliban over the past years, which include Top Insurance Employers 2021, Top Insurance Workplaces 2019 and 2020, Top Brokerages 2019, and 5-Star Brokerages 2021.

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“The core objective of this project was to focus on how we can communicate more effectively and predictively model service trends with our valued customers,” said Duliban. “In addition to improvements we have made in servicing, we have gained significant knowledge and confidence in applying these learnings to attract and market to specific individuals without a geographical barrier.”

Duliban also mentioned that the business focuses on the use of data to predict customer trends, enabling it to communicate with them accordingly.

“We also attempt to be adaptive to the needs of our customers and utilize various forms of technology to aid us in providing a personalized customer experience,” the principal broker said. “We invite our customers to provide necessary feedback, and make the decision on how and when they want to be communicated, and what type of experiences they would prefer and anticipate. We believe our customer dictates and decides how we operate as an organization.”

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