By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Dec 23 - Caroline Ellison of Alameda Research and Gary Wang of FTX quietly pleaded guilty on December 19, while Sam Bankman-Fried was still in the Bahamas, not yet consenting to extradition to the United States for trial.
The transcripts of the two guilty pleas were ordered sealed by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Ronny Abrams, who cited "law enforcement's other interests in connection with this prosecution."
After SBF was released on $250 million mostly unsecured bail - Inner City Press live tweeted thread and story here - the following morning, December 23, the two transcripts were unsealed.
Inner City Press quickly tweeted screen shots of Ellison's guilty plea allocution, thread here.
Now the same on Gary Wang, on Patreon here -
note that Wang was also ordered to have "no contact with co-defendants." More differences on Patreon here
Inner City Press will have more on this - including via its Freedom of Information Act request, granted expedited treatment by the Federal Reserve Board on December 23. Watch this site.
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