Caroline Ellison
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Caroline Ellison is the former co-CEO and sole CEO of Alameda Research, the cryptocurrency trading firm affiliated with FTX, who pleaded guilty in December 2022 to seven federal counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the misappropriation of billions of dollars in FTX customer funds. She served as the prosecution's star witness in the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, whose conviction in November 2023 and subsequent 25-year sentence were substantially aided by her testimony. Ellison was sentenced to two years in federal prison in September 2024, ordered to forfeit $11 billion, and was released in January 2026 after serving approximately 14 months.
Connected Entities
5 entities · 58 linked investigations- Caroline Ellison→mentioned with→FTX(70%)
- Caroline Ellison→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
- Alameda Research→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
- Sam Bankman-Fried→mentioned with→Alameda(70%)
- Alameda→mentioned with→Alameda Research(80%)
- Alameda Research→mentioned with→Sam Bankman-Fried(80%)
- Alameda Research→mentioned with→Caroline Ellison(80%)
- Caroline Ellison→mentioned with→Sam Bankman-Fried(80%)
- Caroline Ellison→mentioned with→Alameda Research(80%)
- FTX→mentioned with→Alameda Research(80%)
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Connected Through
5 shared actors · 58 investigationsDistinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.
- □Alameda Researchorganization
- □Alamedaorganization
- □Sam Bankman-Friedorganization
- □FTXorganization
Timeline(12 events)
September 2016
Ellison joins Jane Street Capital full-time as an equities trader after graduating Stanford; is mentored by Sam Bankman-Fried.
March 2018
Ellison joins Alameda Research as a trader after Bankman-Fried recruits her.
July 2021
Bankman-Fried elevates Ellison to co-CEO of Alameda Research; she later becomes sole CEO.
2 November 2022
FTX collapse begins following CoinDesk report on Alameda's balance sheet; Ellison's role as CEO of the interlinked trading firm comes under scrutiny.
11 November 2022
FTX files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy; Sam Bankman-Fried resigns as CEO.
18 December 2022
Ellison pleads guilty in the Southern District of New York to seven counts of fraud and conspiracy; simultaneously enters settlements with the SEC and CFTC.
10 October 2023
Ellison testifies as the prosecution's star witness in the fraud trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, testifying that he directed the misappropriation of FTX customer funds.
2 November 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried is convicted on all seven counts by a jury; later sentenced to 25 years in prison.
24 September 2024
Ellison is sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $11 billion by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in the SDNY.
7 November 2024
Ellison reports to federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut to begin serving her sentence.
October 2025
Ellison is transferred from Danbury prison to community confinement.
22 January 2026
Ellison is released from federal custody after serving approximately 14 months; a 10-year SEC executive ban remains in effect.
Decision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 16 of 18 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/30/2026, 7:11:00 PM
last updated: 8/29/2026, 1:34:43 AM
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