FTX top engineer testifies Bankman-Fried spent $1.13 billion on celebrities and sponsorships

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Nishad Singh, FTX's former engineering head, testified on Monday about Sam Bankman-Fried's 'excessive' spending

The criminal trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried continued on Monday, with the crypto firm's former engineering director Nishad Singh taking the stand.

Nishad Singh, former director of Engineering at FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrives at court in New York, on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.Nishad Singh, FTX's former director of engineering, told jurors on Monday that Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed crypto exchange, spent huge sums of money on everything from real estate and venture investments to campaign donations and celebrity endorsements.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Roos questions Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at FTX, at Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial over the collapse of FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, at Federal Court in New York City, October 16, 2023 in this courtroom sketch.Regarding the technology at FTX and Alameda, Singh said, "Sam didn't code himself but he was very involved in the coding process" and the minutiae of the architecture.

Singh said he told Bankman-Fried he was very concerned and that the K5 investment was "value extractive." He also said he asked Bankman-Fried if the investment was his with his money, not FTX's. The spreadsheet showed it came from Alameda.

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