John Jay Ray III
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Current FTX CEO John J. Ray says creditors wouldn’t be repaid if not for the “thousands of hours” of work by his team
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Bahamians were able to withdraw funds from their FTX accounts during a window of about 25 hours between Nov. 10 and 11
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Liquidation veteran John Ray has intentionally misrepresented Sam Bankman-Fried’s relationship with Bahamian regulators, the Commission said
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The collapse and fraud associated with FTX is “worse than Enron,” Ray said, who oversaw the liquidation of the commodity and services company in 2007
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The House Financial Services Committee is slated to hear from Ray and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried during its “Investigating FTX Hearing” Tuesday morning
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FTX supervisors would approve employee “payment requests” by responding with “personalized emojis”
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When your new CEO says your financials are this bad, perhaps it’s time for a career that doesn’t involve numbers.
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