The dad and mom of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried are asking the courtroom to dismiss the lawsuit accusing them of exploiting their entry and affect inside the now-bankrupt crypto alternate to complement themselves.
In September, the FTX property sued Stanford Regulation College professors Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried to carry them accountable for his or her alleged misconduct and to recuperate purportedly hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds.
Reads the criticism,
“Regardless of figuring out or blatantly ignoring that the FTX Group was bancrupt or on the point of insolvency, Bankman and Fried mentioned with Bankman-Fried the switch to them of a $10 million money present and a $16.4 million luxurious property in The Bahamas.”
In a brand new submitting submitted to the chapter courtroom on Monday, the couple sought the dismissal of the case, citing that the lawsuit merely capitalized on the truth that their son was the founder and former government of FTX.
The couple says the criticism itself alleges that the $10 million present from Sam Bankman-Fried was transferred as early as October 2021, when FTX was nonetheless thought-about not solely solvent but in addition extraordinarily profitable.
Additionally they say that they by no means used the $16.4 million luxurious property referred to as the “Blue Water” as their major or unique residence.
“Plaintiffs’ fraudulent switch claims, each precise and constructive, concern two alleged transactions—Blue Water and the $10 million present. Each alleged transactions occurred at a cut-off date when Debtors’ valuation exceeded roughly $40 billion.
Plaintiffs have didn’t plausibly allege precise intent to hinder, delay or defraud, as required for an precise fraudulent switch declare, or Debtors’ insolvency, as required for a constructive fraudulent switch declare.“
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