The mother, Barbara Fried is, according to Wikipedia: "a co-founder of the political fundraising organization Mind the Gap, which advocates for Democratic Party candidates and funds get-out-the-vote group"
The father, Joseph Bankman "was involved in FTX, including raising funds for the firm before its bankruptcy"
He also has close ties with Elizabeth Warren and helped her with tax legislation.
According to former FTX employees, Sam had access to all wallets and his parents were using it to help run political campaigns for the party that doesn't like anonymity, freedom and being your own bank.
Makes you wonder how much access into the company books his parents had. Remember that they're both professional lawyers with a lot of connections. It's hard to believe that a lawyer with access to the company wouldn't know that the books are being cooked, unless he was doing some cooking himself.
Then there's Caroline Ellison, the CEO of Alameda that, according to Sam, lost all the money.
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Gensler's former colleague at MIT, where he is Professor of the Practice of Global Economics and Management, is Glenn Ellison, the father of Caroline Ellison, Bankman-Fried's ex-girlfriend.
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The general counsel of FTX, Ryne Miller, also used to work as lead counsel to Gensler at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11438875/Questions-SEC-chair-Gary-Gensler-agency-miss-signs-FTX-collapse.htmlThe connections are just too obvious.