Collapsed crypto exchange FTX tried to recover frozen funds from Alameda Research by using accounts registered to Thai prostitutes, ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison told jurors today.

In her second day of testimony, star witness Ellison took the stand on Wednesday to tell jurors that FTX insiders tapped the sex workers in a bid to try and reclaim $1 billion worth of funds frozen by the Chinese government.

Ellison, who is Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend and admitted fraud related to the collapse of crypto exchange FTX back in December, further alleged that the identities of the Thai prostitutes were found by Sam Trabucco, former co-CEO of Alameda.

Alameda, a failed crypto trading firm that allegedly borrowed customer funds, often used accounts on other cryptocurrency exchanges, Ellison said.

Its funds were frozen by the Chinese government in response to a money laundering investigation that did not involve Alameda, the court was told.

A lawyer in China was hired to try and get the funds unfrozen, but he was ultimately unsuccessful.

When that didn’t work, Ellison said that the team decided to send approximately $150 million in crypto assets to wallets believed to belong to Chinese officials. But she referred to it in co

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