Joshua Bankman and Barbara Fried Sued for Embezzlement Under the Guise of Donating to Stanford University

Crypto News – Joshua Bankman and Barbara Fried were sued by FTX for allegedly stealing millions of dollars, including $5.5 million in donations meant for Stanford University. According to Bloomberg‘s news, Stanford University stated that it intended to return the “gifts” worth millions of dollars that it received from the defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Joshua Bankman and Barbara Fried Sued for Embezzlement Under the Guise of Donating to Stanford University

Professors at Stanford Law School include Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried. A lawsuit against Bankman and Fried for stealing millions of dollars, including $5.5 million in gifts to Stanford University, was filed on Monday by the FTX Group.

We have been in discussions with attorneys for the FTX debtors to recover these gifts and we will be returning the funds in their entirety. Stanford received gifts from the FTX Foundation and FTX-related companies largely for pandemic-related prevention and research.

a Stanford University spokesperson

According to Fried and Bankman, the Accusations are Unrealistic

The petition claimed that Fried and Bankman pushed for tens of millions of dollars to be donated to political and charity causes, including Stanford University, “which seemed designed to boost Fried and Bankman’s professional and social status at the expense of the FTX Group.”

From November 2021 to May 2022, Bankman led the charge in directing FTX Group donations of more than $5.5 million to his employer, Stanford University,

a court filing

All charges have been refuted by the parents, who have called them all untrue. The creator and former CEO of the defunct FTX, their son Sam Bankman-Fried, is currently incarcerated and getting ready for his trial next month.

This is a dangerous attempt to intimidate Joe and Barbara and undermine the jury process just days before their child’s trial begins,

parents’ attorneys