New York Post
By Ben Kochman
Published Oct. 10, 2023, 7:35 p.m. ET
Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison confronted the disgraced crypto titan in court Tuesday — matter-of-factly telling jurors that he bears the blame for deciding to steal billions in FTX customer funds.
“He directed me to commit these crimes,” Ellison said in Manhattan federal court, during her highly anticipated testimony at a trial where Bankman-Fried faces criminal fraud charges stemming from the November 2022 disappearance of $8 billion from his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange.