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Caroline Ellison, former chief executive officer of Alameda Research LLC, arrives at court in New York, US, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Jurors in the fraud trial of FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried heard his ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison explain how he allegedly arranged for billions of dollars in customer funds to back risky investments that led to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.
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