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Alameda ex-CEO Caroline Ellison taps SEC's former top crypto regulator as lawyer in FTX investigation
Business Insider ^ | 12-10-22 | Bethany Biron

Posted on 12/10/2022 1:26:08 PM PST by dynachrome

Caroline Ellison hired Stephanie Avakian and law firm WilmerHale to represent her in the FTX investigation, per Bloomberg.

Avakian was a top regulator at the SEC, where she increased oversight of cryptocurrency.

She also led major cases against companies including Tesla, Theranos, Facebook, and Wells Fargo, among others.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: bethanybiron; bitcoin; carolineellison; crypto; cryptocurrency; elonmusk; facebook; fraud; ftx; ponzi; sambankmanfried; stephanieavakian; tesla; theranos; wellsfargo; wilmerhale
SBF hired a high priced lawyer, now golem girl hires one. I wonder where the money they sole is stashed?
1 posted on 12/10/2022 1:26:08 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

The fix is in to control crypto to introduce the digital dollar.


2 posted on 12/10/2022 1:34:56 PM PST by Jonty30 (You can't spell liberal without the a-hole. )
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To: Jonty30

Almost seems deliberate...


3 posted on 12/10/2022 1:44:26 PM PST by EEGator
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To: dynachrome
This will not end well.

$40 Billion laundered to key regulators and politicians, with only a few pieces of pricey real estate to show for it.

Don't expect Keepers of Odd Knowledge to ever testify in court.

And then, having demonstrated the complete vulnerability of the concept, they will proceed to impose it as the new global standard.

4 posted on 12/10/2022 1:49:13 PM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: dynachrome

Ellison has also kept a much lower profile than her FTX counterpart, and was only recently spotted buying coffee near the offices of the US Attorney in NYC.

While Sam Bankman Fried cast public allusions about Ellison’s role the collapse of their crypto empire, Ellison seems to be making the right moves to protect herself from becoming the saga’s scapegoat.


5 posted on 12/10/2022 2:32:48 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: EEGator

So the person who ran the *non* oversight of cryptocurrency is the new lawyer for one of the accused? Hey feds, maybe you should investigate this lawyer chick.


6 posted on 12/10/2022 3:29:13 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: FamiliarFace

They probably won’t investigate, as they’re probably complicit...


7 posted on 12/10/2022 3:32:27 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

No doubt. This is corruption at its core.


8 posted on 12/10/2022 3:39:54 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: dynachrome

taps, heh heh heh heh...


9 posted on 12/10/2022 3:51:11 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: G Larry

Bkmk


10 posted on 12/10/2022 4:00:31 PM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Jonty30

Speaking of the firm Wilmer Hale...from another thread:

“The spreadsheets list six-figure fees credited to Mrs. (Jane Sullivan) Roberts (wife of the Chief Justice) for placing partners at law firms — including $690,000 in 2012 for one such match. The documents do not name clients, but Mr. Price recalled her recruitment of one prominent candidate, Ken Salazar, then interior secretary under President Barack Obama, to WilmerHale, a global firm that boasts of arguing more than 125 times before the Supreme Court,” the outlet added.
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11 posted on 02/01/2023 10:08:03 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: dynachrome

The Fox was hired to investigate what happened to the hens in the hen house.


12 posted on 02/01/2023 10:10:04 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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