Caroline Ellison, 28, wrapped up her testimony on Thursday, her third day of questioning within the Sam Bankman-Fried trial. Sporting the identical grey blazer because the final two days, Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend was requested about her firm’s accounting. Alameda engaged with just a few accountants in 2021 to 2022, however after these corporations reviewed Alameda’s books, “they discovered they could not or would not do it,” Ellison stated, as she confronted questions from Legal professional Mark Cohen. Former FTX Digital Markets CEO Ryan Salame initially ready Alameda’s steadiness sheets, however sooner or later, Ellison took over this job, she testified. The corporate’s financials are on the heart of Bankman-Fried’s demise. An award-winning CoinDesk story in November 2022 that cited Alameda’s confidential steadiness sheet induced many to doubt the viability of Alameda and FTX.
