Who is Caroline Ellison?

WATCH: Ex-Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison has hired a former SEC official who oversaw many of the regulator’s biggest crypto cases as her lawyer in the federal probe into cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s calamitous collapse. Joanna Ossinger reports.

How much money did Lisa Ellison get from FTX?

According to FTX bankruptcy filings, she received $6 million in payments and loans over the life of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, and was reported to have had a net worth of $15 million by the time the company collapsed. However, it emerged on Thursday that Ellison had little faith in her own ability to run the company.

Did Alameda research CEO Caroline Ellison pay FTX a bonus?

Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison allegedly paid herself millions of dollars in a single bonus payment despite knowing about massive holes in FTX’s finances. Months before FTX filed for bankruptcy, she allegedly moved the money between various accounts until it landed in her own.

Why did Michael Ellison stay put at FTX & Alameda?

His fame seemed to make life at FTX and Alameda harder for Ms. Ellison. Staying put meant “having to be around you all the time, hearing people talk about how great you are all the time,” she wrote in the April 2022 document.