Caroline Ellison: It's hard to talk to SBF after breakup

Odaily Planet Daily News Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, testified that she did not know about the government investigation into FTX and Alameda until after the plenary meeting in November. She left Hong Kong to return to her parents' home in the United States, where her home was raided by the FBI, which seized computers belonging to her mother and her new boyfriend, who also worked at Alameda and FTX. Ellison said she held a series of meetings with the government in December, each lasting several hours. Ellison pleaded guilty to the criminal charges and signed a cooperation agreement with prosecutors that month. There may have been more than 20 meetings with prosecutors, including one on Monday that lasted three to four hours. SBF's defense attorneys raised questions in an attempt to illustrate how communication between the pair was broken down after their breakup. Caroline Ellison said she struggled to have one-on-one conversations with SBF after that. "I try to avoid these situations and avoid spending too much time in social situations," she said. "We talk sometimes outside of work. He also lives in the same apartment, so it's hard to avoid it completely." She reiterated Wednesday's comments The affidavit said they continued to have business conversations through the messaging app Signal. (Bloomberg)