Nishad Singh
Former head of engineering at FTX, who wrote code that allowed Alameda Research to draw on customer funds. He pleaded guilty to five charges, cooperated against Sam Bankman-Fried, and was sentenced in 2024 to time served.
Also known as: Nishad Singh
Bio
Nishad Singh was FTX's director of engineering. He testified that, at Bankman-Fried's direction, he wrote code that effectively let Alameda borrow or take tens of billions from FTX, and that he learned the full scope of the customer-fund shortfall only in late 2022. [1][2]
Legal outcome
Singh pleaded guilty to five charges and cooperated with prosecutors. On October 30, 2024 he was sentenced to time served plus three years of supervised release, joined in the $11 billion forfeiture. [1][2]
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See also
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