The world's second-biggest cryptocurrency trade platform by daily volume had reduced its workforce by 18 percent in June.
Bankman-Fried, 30, is accused of illegally diverting massive sums of customer money from FTX to make lavish real estate purchases, donate money to politicians and make risky trades at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm.
In agreements signed with prosecutors, Carolyn Ellison and Gary Wang agreed to plead guilty to charges including wire fraud, securities fraud and commodities fraud.
US prosecutors allege Bankman-Fried played a central role in the rapid collapse of FTX and hid its problems from the public and investors.
Thirty-year-old founder of FTX platform, Samuel Bankman-Fried, is charged by US prosecutors with a host of financial crimes.
The spectacular implosion of FTX recently sent fresh shock waves through the cryptocurrency industry, with the value of bitcoin down sharply this year.
FTX and its affiliates filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on November 11 in one of the highest-profile crypto blowups, leaving an estimated 1 million customers and other investors facing total losses in the billions of dollars.
Naomi Osaka, Tom Brady, Shaquille O'Neal, Larry David and others are named alongside FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in suit filed in Miami federal court.
The lawsuit seeks damages from Bankman-Fried and a number of celebrities who allegedly helped promote FTX cryptocurrency exchange.
The cryptocurrency exchange was seeking a lifeline after a liquidity crunch due to customers withdrawing funds at a frenetic pace.
The crypto world is reeling after fears that a liquidity crunch at FTX could spread contagion across the market.
Bitcoin fell below $16,000 for the first time since late 2020 overnight and was last at $16,435.
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