Bankman-Fried denies trying to commit fraud at fallen FTX empire

Interviewed by New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, who said Bankman-Fried was joining from the Bahamas, the fallen crypto mogul didn’t give a straight answer about whether he had at times lied. — Getty Images via AFP

Mystery continues to shroud the missing billions at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried denied trying to perpetrate a fraud while admitting to grievous managerial errors.

In his first major public appearance following the Nov 11 implosion of FTX and sister trading house Alameda Research, Bankman-Fried said he "screwed up” at the helm of the exchange and should have focused more on risk management, customer protection and links between FTX and Alameda.