complaint, that veneer wasn t just thin. it was also fraudulent. because in reality, from ftx s inception in 2019, bankman-fried began secretly diverting funds to alameda research and as alleged he misused those funds to make venture investments, lavish real estate purchases and large political donations. his claims about ftx s sophisticated risks controls and other customer protections were simply bogus. similarly, his representation staff investors and trading customers concerning alameda were also part of that carefully crafted vee near. he claimed alameda was just another customer with no special privileges at ftx, but in truth,