Stanford says it will return all gifts from FTX following suit against Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents
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Stanford says it will return all gifts from FTX following suit against Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Following a lawsuit against FTX Trading founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents alleging that Stanford University received millions of dollars in donations from the now-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, the school says it will return the funds of all gifts collected from FTX and related companies. Lawyers for FTX on Monday accused Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried of exploiting their influence over their son to siphon millions from the company, while spending lavishly on a luxury home as well as funneling contributions to “pet causes” — and Stanford University. The suit claims that Bankman, who is a Stanford law professor and expert in tax law, directed more than $5.5 million in charitable contributions from FTX to the university — in what the complaint describes as “naked self-dealing” in an attempt to “curry favor with and enrich his employer at the FTX Group’s expense.” In a statement sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday, a university spokesperson said that Stanford “received gifts from the FTX Foundation and FTX-related companies largely for pandemic-related prevention and research.” Stanford is in discussions with attorneys for FTX debtors to recover the gifts, the spokesperson added, and “will be returning the funds in their entirety.” The university did not specify the monetary value of the gifts it received. Monday’s complaint, filed in the company’s bankruptcy case in Delaware, accuses Bankman-Fried’s parents of participating in the wrongdoing that led to FTX’s collapse — writing that, in addition to the couple draining millions from FTX for personal interests, Bankman “played a key role in perpetuating this culture of misrepresentations and gross mismanagement and helped cover up allegations that would have exposed the fraud committed by the FTX insiders.” Attorneys for Bankman and Fried issued a statement calling the claims “completely false” — adding that the lawsuit is a “dangerous attempt to intimidate Joe and Barbara and undermine the jury process just days before their child’s trial begins.” Bankman-Fried’s trial on federal fraud charges is scheduled to begin Oct. 3 in New York.

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