Manhattan District Attorney’s Office probes FTX collapse: Report
A source with knowledge of the investigations reportedly said New York authorities were looking into the collapse of FTX following the firm declaring bankruptcy on Nov. 11. Prosecutors with the United States attorney’s office in the Manhattan district of New York have reportedly begun investigating the fall of crypto exchange FTX.According to a Nov. 14 report from Reuters, a source with knowledge of the investigations said authorities in New York were looking into the collapse of the major crypto exchange following FTX declaring bankruptcy on Nov. 11. The report followed news the state of....
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