Sam Bankman-Fried took out loans totaling hundreds of millions of dollars from Alameda Research in order to fuel his massive purchase of Robinhood shares.
The disgraced crypto tycoon testified in court that loans from Alameda were used to buy a staggering 7.6% share in the stock broker & crypto exchange Robinhood. Bankman-Fried and FTX co-founder Gary Wang together borrowed close to $600 million from FTX’s trading arm, Alameda, through promissory notes in April and May. The money was then used to fund Emergent Fidelity Technologies Ltd, a shell corporation that was used to carry forward the purchase of 7.6% stake in Robinhood.
The two set up Emergent Fidelity Technologies in Antigua to oversee their Robinhood investment. In the court filing, it was stated that Bankman-Fried had 90% ownership of Emergent while Gary had 10%.
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