SBF had privately contacted the current CEO of FTX and tried to meet with him alone in New York

Court documents show that FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) had requested a private meeting with FTX’s current CEO, John Ray. The documents disclosed a private message from SBF last year, including a Dec. 30 contact with John Ray, showing that SBF wanted to discuss funds withdrawn from Alameda Research's wallet. SBF said he had no access to the funds and warned that if John Ray's own team were not behind it, hackers could be responsible. Then on January 2 this year, SBF invited John Ray to meet in New York City, "I know things are not going well at first, but I really want to help. I am in New York the next day, and I really want to meet. Even if it's just to say hello," John Ray didn't respond.