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In 2021, Bankman took a leave of absence from Stanford Law to work full time at FTX. [27] [28]

Bankman's son, Sam Bankman-Fried, was convicted of seven felony counts—conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit commodities fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to defraud the Federal Election Commission and commit campaign finance violations [29] [30] [31] —after serving as the founder and former CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, which collapsed amid allegations of fraud in November 2022. [32] [33] Joseph Bankman was a paid part-time employee of FTX prior to its bankruptcy. [34] He worked for the company for 11 months and focused much of his work on charitable operations. [35] In 2017, he interviewed and hired the first lawyers employed by Alameda Research, his son's cryptocurrency trading firm. He reportedly also served as the first attorney for FTX when the exchange was in its nascent stages. [36] [37] He also raised funds for the firm before its bankruptcy; via a connection to his former Stanford Law School student Orlando Bravo, Bankman made an introduction which led to a $125 million investment in FTX from private equity firm Thoma Bravo in June 2021. [38] [39]

Bankman arrived in the Bahamas as FTX entered bankruptcy. In early November, he called Anthony Scaramucci on behalf of FTX to ask if Scaramucci and SkyBridge Capital could help the company raise billions of dollars to meet customer redemptions. [40] After his son's indictment, Joseph Bankman came under scrutiny for his part in the business. Bankman and Fried were sued by the team overseeing the FTX bankruptcy in September 2023. The lawsuit alleges they unjustly enriched themselves, receiving a $10 million cash gift and a $16.4 million beachfront property in The Bahamas. [41]

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Joseph Bankman
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Allan Joseph Bankman

1955 (age 68–69)
Partner Barbara Fried
Children
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Education University of California, Berkeley (BA)
Yale University (JD)
Palo Alto University (PsyD)
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