{"id":43255,"date":"2022-12-31T11:43:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=43255"},"modified":"2022-12-31T11:43:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:43:41","slug":"sbfs-crypto-wallets-to-be-investigated-by-u-s-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/sbfs-crypto-wallets-to-be-investigated-by-u-s-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"SBF\u2019s Crypto Wallets To Be Investigated By U.S. Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/u-s-lawmakers-support-custodia-bank-in-legal-battle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. authority<\/a> has launched an investigation into the crypto dealings which are allegedly undertaken by Sam Bankman-Fried.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"SBF\u2019s Crypto Wallets To Be Investigated By U.S. Authorities\" class=\"wp-image-43257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SBF\u2019s Crypto Wallets To Be Investigated By U.S. Authorities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent reports state that federal authorities are looking into a series of cryptocurrency transactions that have been connected to <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/sam-bankman-fried-released-after-signing-250-million-bond.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam Bankman-Fried-related<\/a> digital wallets by web analysts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data tagging company Arkham Intelligence has determined that these monies are worth over a million dollars. SBF, however, has asserted in the past that his bank account only has $100,000 left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blockchain analysts have been monitoring the movement of assets over the last few days that appear to be connected to virtual wallets connected to the former CEO of the FTX exchange and his shuttered hedge fund <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/ftx-investment-arm-alameda-research-merges-vc-operations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alameda Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a tweet that he posted on Friday, Bankman-Fried refuted the accusations and said that he was not the one carrying out these activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">None of these are me.  I&#39;m not and couldn&#39;t be moving any of those funds; I don&#39;t have access to them anymore.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Gkin30Ny5\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/5Gkin30Ny5<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>&mdash; SBF (@SBF_FTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBF_FTX\/status\/1608908562851598336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 30, 2022<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the bitcoin community is still of the opinion that SBF is making up information. They also believe that when the FTX founder was under house arrest in the US, he transferred more than $684,000 to a cryptocurrency exchange in the Seychelles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did disgraced crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried just cash out $684k to a crypto exchange in the Seychelles while under house arrest?<br><br>His release conditions are that he not spend more than $1,000 without permission from the court.<br><br>Let&#39;s examine the evidence on chain \ud83d\udc47<\/p>&mdash; BowTiedIguana | DeFi & Cybersecurity Researcher (@BowTiedIguana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BowTiedIguana\/status\/1608653434387050496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 30, 2022<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ftx-saga\">THE FTX SAGA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For his part in the demise of FTX, Bankman-Fried was charged with a crime earlier this month. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=SBF%E2%80%99s+Crypto+Wallets+To+Be+Investigated+By+U.S.+Authorities&oq=SBF%E2%80%99s+Crypto+Wallets+To+Be+Investigated+By+U.S.+Authorities&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61j35i39i362l6.306j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">currently investigating the odd transactions<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><use href=\"#wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> that have occurred in order to ascertain whether or not Bankman-Fried is simply spreading his own riches or illegally cashing them out if he is the one who is responsible for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bankman-Fried, better known as SBF, was released a week ago after receiving a $250 million bail. With the exception of paying for fees or legal charges, the FTX founder is prohibited from making financial transactions worth more than $1,000 without first obtaining permission from the authorities or a judge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is unclear at this point if he has ignored those requirements. On the other hand, as was recently reported, SBF has consented to enter a not guilty plea to the criminal accusations on January 3, 2023, in front of U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in a Manhattan federal court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. authority has launched an investigation into the crypto dealings which are allegedly undertaken by Sam Bankman-Fried. Recent reports state that federal authorities are looking into a series of cryptocurrency transactions that have been connected to Sam Bankman-Fried-related digital wallets by web analysts. Data tagging company Arkham Intelligence has determined that these monies are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":43257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[778,10731,1305],"class_list":["post-43255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ftx","tag-sbf","tag-united-states"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/jpg_20221231_155950_0000.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}