In contrast to Sam Bankman Fried’s recent claims that he wasn’t aware of Alameda’s position, Forbes recently released its communication with SBF when drafting their billionaires’ list, indicating that he was well versed in Alameda’s finances.

During his recent interview with the New York Times, the ex-CEO said Alameda made risky investments on the FTX platform because it had too much leverage and that he did not understand what the company was doing.

“It’s not a company I run. It’s not a company I have run for the last couple of years. And Alameda’s finances I was not deeply aware of. I was only surface-level aware of Alameda’s finances,” SBF stated during the interview.