{
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-16T08:49:02.575Z",
  "findingType": "money_flow",
  "findingId": 2008,
  "contentHash": "598caa1e38c74522db34c014424b80df614fc01dd8fa81b95b9ea6aa4dc63873",
  "title": "Samuel Bankman-Fried 2022-cycle political donations from FTX-adjacent accounts",
  "summary": "Money-flow chain tracing 2 hops with documented total of USD 40000000.00. Confidence: primary.",
  "methodology": "Money-flow chains are constructed by tracing financial transactions between entities through documented mechanisms (contracts, donations, grants, etc.). Each hop is independently cited. Vanish points mark where the audit trail breaks — funds enter an entity but no corresponding outflow is documented. Confidence is assessed per-hop and rolled up to the chain level.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/",
      "label": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/",
      "type": "primary"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1551881/download",
      "label": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1551881/download",
      "type": "primary"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/",
      "label": "FEC individual-contribution search interface",
      "type": "citation"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1551881/download",
      "label": "U.S. v. Bankman-Fried, S6 21 Cr. 673 — Superseding Indictment",
      "type": "citation"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/FTX/Home-DocketInfo",
      "label": "FTX Chapter 11 docket (D. Del. 22-11068)",
      "type": "citation"
    }
  ],
  "queries": [
    {
      "description": "Chain record",
      "table": "money_flow_chains",
      "parameters": {
        "id": 2008
      }
    },
    {
      "description": "Chain hops with entity resolution",
      "table": "money_flow_hops",
      "parameters": {
        "chainId": 2008
      }
    }
  ],
  "dataSnapshot": {
    "chainId": 2008,
    "title": "Samuel Bankman-Fried 2022-cycle political donations from FTX-adjacent accounts",
    "sourceDescription": "Aggregate of FEC-disclosed donations by Samuel Bankman-Fried in his own name (~$40M) plus additional sums routed through Ryan Salame and Nishad Singh (per DOJ superseding indictment S6 21 Cr. 673). FTX collapsed in November 2022; SBF was convicted on seven federal counts in October 2023. The underlying flows preceded and were contemporaneous with the fraud the conviction documented.",
    "sourceRefType": "manual",
    "documentedTotal": "40000000.00",
    "currency": "USD",
    "confidence": "primary",
    "sector": "finance",
    "status": "active",
    "asOfDate": "2022-11-08T00:00:00.000Z",
    "provenance": {
      "source": "lib/money-flow/seed-canonical.ts",
      "seedKey": "canonical-v1"
    },
    "hops": [
      {
        "ordinal": 1,
        "from": "Sam Bankman-Fried",
        "to": "U.S. federal political committees (2022 cycle)",
        "amount": "40000000.00",
        "mechanism": "donation",
        "confidence": "primary",
        "citations": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/",
            "title": "FEC individual-contribution search interface",
            "publication": "Federal Election Commission"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1551881/download",
            "title": "U.S. v. Bankman-Fried, S6 21 Cr. 673 — Superseding Indictment",
            "publication": "U.S. Attorney's Office, S.D.N.Y."
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "ordinal": 2,
        "from": "U.S. federal political committees (2022 cycle)",
        "to": "FTX bankruptcy estate (clawback recoveries, 2023-2024)",
        "amount": null,
        "mechanism": "settlement",
        "confidence": "secondary",
        "citations": [
          {
            "url": "https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/FTX/Home-DocketInfo",
            "title": "FTX Chapter 11 docket (D. Del. 22-11068)",
            "publication": "U.S. Bankruptcy Court, D. Del."
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "createdAt": null
  },
  "entities": [
    {
      "id": 31233,
      "name": "Sam Bankman-Fried",
      "slug": "sam-bankman-fried",
      "type": "person"
    }
  ],
  "verificationSteps": [
    "Retrieve chain #2008 from money_flow_chains and confirm title and documented total.",
    "Hop 1: verify Sam Bankman-Fried → U.S. federal political committees (2022 cycle) ($40000000.00, donation) via https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/, https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1551881/download",
    "Hop 2: verify U.S. federal political committees (2022 cycle) → FTX bankruptcy estate (clawback recoveries, 2023-2024) ($null, settlement) via https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/FTX/Home-DocketInfo",
    "Verify the SHA-256 content hash by re-generating the JSON bundle."
  ]
}