March 22 (Reuters) – Bankrupt crypto alternate FTX has reached a deal to get better greater than $400 million in money from hedge fund Modulo Capital, pulling again 97% of the cash that FTX firms despatched to the hedge fund in 2022, in keeping with court docket paperwork filed on Wednesday.
Bahamas-based Modulo agreed to pay $404 million in money and quit its declare to $56 million in property held on FTX’s crypto alternate, in keeping with a submitting in U.S. chapter court docket in Delaware.
FTX filed for chapter safety in November, saying it was unable to utterly repay clients who had deposited funds on its alternate. FTX’s new CEO, John Ray, has mentioned his prime precedence was recovering property to repay FTX clients.
FTX’s affiliated hedge fund Alameda Analysis despatched $475 million to Modulo in a collection of transfers starting in Could 2022, a time when FTX was dropping cash and heading towards chapter, in keeping with the court docket filings.
Alameda, on the route of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, had paid $25 million to amass a stake in Modulo and contributed $450 million to an funding fund managed by Modulo, in keeping with the filings.
The settlement recovers most of these funds and takes 99% of Modulo’s remaining property, in keeping with the filings.
FTX and Alameda will quit their declare to any possession of Modulo as a part of the settlement. FTX additionally agreed to not take additional actions in opposition to Modulo or its principals Xiaoyun Zhang and Duncan Rheingans-Yoo associated to the 2022 funds, in keeping with the filings.
FTX, Bankman-Fried, and Modulo Capital didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
FTX has beforehand recovered greater than $5 billion in its quest to repay clients of the bankrupt crypto alternate. FTX mentioned final week that it was investigating greater than $3.2 billion that was transferred out of the corporate via funds and loans to firm founders and key staff.
Bankman-Fried has been charged with stealing billions of {dollars} in FTX buyer funds to cowl losses at Alameda Analysis, and making tens of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in unlawful political donations to purchase affect in Washington, D.C.
He denies wrongdoing and is preventing to remain out of jail pending his scheduled Oct. 2 fraud trial.
Reporting by Dietrich Knauth; Enhancing by Alexia Garamfalvi and David Gregorio
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