
September 19, 2023
Barbara Fried, mother of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, pictured last year. On Monday, lawyers for collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading filed a lawsuit accusing Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, of exploiting their access to and influence over their son and the company he founded to enrich themselves by millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)