In court papers filed on Friday, federal prosecutors in Manhattan asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan for permission to use the website to notify victims, rather than contacting each individually.
FTX could owe money to more than 1 million people, making it “impracticable” to contact each, the papers said.
Federal law requires prosecutors to contact possible crime victims to inform them of their rights, including the rights to obtain restitution, be heard in court and be protected from defendants.
Kaplan has yet to rule on the request, but the website had gone live by Friday afternoon.
“If you believe that you may have been a victim of fraud by Samuel Bankman-Fried, A/K/A/ ‘SBF,’ please contact the victim/witness coordinator at the United States Attorney’s office,” the website read.
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The U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Bankman-Fried, 30, has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of wire fraud and conspiracy over November’s collapse of FTX.
Prosecutors have said he stole billions in FTX customer deposits to pay debts for his hedge fund, Alameda Research, and lied to investors about FTX’s financial condition.
The onetime billionaire has acknowledged risk management shortcomings, but said he did not consider himself criminally liable.
Bankman-Fried’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
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