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Nishad Singh, the former Co-Lead Engineer of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), has <a href="https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1714007411915198848" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">stated</a> his desire to avoid a prison sentence within the context of an agreement with prosecutors.
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-former-ftx-exec-faces-75-years-span">Former FTX Exec Faces 75 Years</h2>
As per the <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-engineering-director-faces-prison-guilty-plea" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">report</a>, he is potentially facing a maximum prison sentence of up to 75 years due to charges related to defrauding users of the cryptocurrency exchange.
Reports from the criminal trial of Sam Bankman-Fried on October 16 indicate that Singh, who provided information regarding his arrangement with the United States Justice Department.&nbsp;
It is noteworthy that <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/former-ftx-exec-to-plead-guilty-details/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Singh had confessed</a> to fraudulent activities in February, as alleged by U.S. prosecutors and agreed to cooperate with their investigations into FTX’s former CEO.
<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-400-nishad-singh-s-testimony-span">Nishad Singh’s Testimony</h3>
The former engineering director at FTX provided his testimony on the ninth day of <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/sam-bankman-frieds-second-day-of-trial-commences-with-jury-selection/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial,</a> which commenced in New York on October 3. During his testimony, Singh revealed that FTX had allocated approximately $1.3 billion towards endorsement deals involving celebrities and sports personalities.&nbsp;
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-sbf-s-extensive-expenditures-span">SBF’s Extensive Expenditures</h2>
In addition, he mentioned that SBF occasionally made “unilateral” expenditures of Alameda’s funds which included investments in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic and the company K5 Global.&nbsp;
Singh stated that SBF had proposed a $120 million investment in acquiring the messaging app Telegram, and Alameda provided him with FTX user funds intended for making political campaign donations.
<h3 id="span-style-font-weight-400-former-ftx-engineering-director-was-suicidal-span">Former FTX Engineering Director was ‘Suicidal’</h3>
In November 2022, as FTX’s liquidity problems surfaced, Singh said he “had been suicidal for some days” while grappling with what he believed were contradictions between the exchange’s public statements and its undisclosed operations. Singh said: “I felt betrayed, something I’d put in blood, sweat and tears for five years turning out so horrible.”
Several close associates of Bankman-Fried have reportedly agreed to cooperate with investigators. In December, co-CEO <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/ftx-co-ceo-ryan-salame-tipped-regulator-on-sbfs-misdeeds/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Salame informed Bahamian regulators</a> about a secret transfer of client funds. Additionally, former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and former FTX Chief Technology Officer Gary Wang <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/alameda-ceo-and-ftx-exec-plead-guilty-to-charges/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">both entered guilty pleas</a> to federal fraud charges in December and are <a href="https://thecoinrise.com/sbf-trial-caroline-ellison-testifies-of-bankman-frieds-financial-maneuvers/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">presently aiding the authorities</a> in their investigation.
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