Caroline Ellison, 28, wrapped up her testimony on Thursday, her third day of questioning within the Sam Bankman-Fried trial. Sporting the identical grey blazer because the final two days, Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend was requested about her firm’s accounting. Alameda engaged with just a few accountants in 2021 to 2022, however after these companies reviewed Alameda’s books, “they discovered they could not or would not do it,” Ellison stated, as she confronted questions from Lawyer Mark Cohen. Former FTX Digital Markets CEO Ryan Salame initially ready Alameda’s steadiness sheets, however in some unspecified time in the future, Ellison took over this process, she testified. The corporate’s financials are on the middle of Bankman-Fried’s demise. An award-winning CoinDesk story in November 2022 that cited Alameda’s confidential steadiness sheet precipitated many to doubt the viability of Alameda and FTX.
