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FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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I would guess that the accounting firm that did the audit will be going the way of Arthur Andersen after the Enron scandal. And how many of their clients also have "interesting" financials?

> The FTX Group received audit opinions on consolidated financial statements for two of the Silos – the WRS Silo and the Dotcom Silo – for the period ended December 31, 2021. The audit firm for the WRS Silo, Armanino LLP, was a firm with which I am professionally familiar. The audit firm for the Dotcom Silo was Prager Metis, a firm with which I am not familiar and whose website indicates that they are the “first-ever…

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Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This shouldn’t be surprising at all after seeing their balance sheet with round numbers like $5,000,000,000 in assets and $12,000,000,000 in liabilities. It looked like SBF made it in Excel while his LoL game was loading.

I want that XLSX file. I want to print out that spreadsheet for my bedsheet. It's a work of art; it should be hung in every office in the country as a reminder.

Here it is! https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c...

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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The new CEO of FTX states that FTX had no accounting department. lol. > “The Debtors do not have an accounting department,” Ray wrote, stating he expected it would be “some time” before reliable financial statements could be prepared.

This shouldn’t be surprising at all after seeing their balance sheet with round numbers like $5,000,000,000 in assets and $12,000,000,000 in liabilities. It looked like SBF made it in Excel while his LoL game was loading.

> could be slightly off; there is also obviously a chance of typos etc

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want that XLSX file. I want to print out that spreadsheet for my bedsheet. It's a work of art; it should be hung in every office in the country as a reminder.

Here it is! https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c...

Thank you! That's the highest resolution PNG of it I've seen so far, but someday I hope to get the actual XLSX.

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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post #12

I would guess that the accounting firm that did the audit will be going the way of Arthur Andersen after the Enron scandal. And how many of their clients also have "interesting" financials?

Can't make this stuff up. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/11/meet-the-metave...

>“I don’t know anything about FTX,” said Jerry Eitel, the partner emeritus and chief metaverse officer at Prager Metis. “I’m retired,” Eitel added, before disconnecting on the phone. (Eitel is a one-time CoinDesk contributor.) The head of Prager Metis’ audit practice could not be reached for comment.

Wow Another Simpsons did it first moment (https://frinkiac.com/img/S07E15/318918.jpg)

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want that XLSX file. I want to print out that spreadsheet for my bedsheet. It's a work of art; it should be hung in every office in the country as a reminder.

Here it is! https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c...

Exhibit A of the incompetence defense.

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I want that XLSX file. I want to print out that spreadsheet for my bedsheet. It's a work of art; it should be hung in every office in the country as a reminder.

Here it is! https://d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/7ab64a3b-6c...

Will somebody please do a Benford's law on this one? I am too busy counting my virtual coins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law

Re: FTX used corporate funds to purchase employee homes, new filing shows

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This whole mess makes me wonder, what if they did everything right, with proper accounting and compliance practices etc.? Would we have ended up with a successful crypto business that would advance the whole field forward? Perhaps Coinbase is an example of that, though maybe not as well known due to less drama?

I haven't been following coinbase too closely, is there any visibility into their finances?
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