Gary Wang (born c. 1993)[1] is an American computer programmer who co-founded the crypto currency exchange FTX with Sam Bankman-Fried.
[9] When Bankman-Fried cofounded Alameda Research in 2017, Wang reportedly left his role at Google to join his former roommate in that business.
He was only interested in his part of work, [which was] coding.”[11] On December 18, 2022, Wang pleaded guilty in a plea bargain[12] in the Southern District of New York to wire fraud and three counts of conspiracy involving wire, securities and commodities fraud relating to helping Bankman-Fried defraud FTX customers, for which SBF was later sentenced to 25 years in prison.
[6] His lawyer, Ilan Graff, stated that "Gary has accepted responsibility for his actions and takes seriously his obligations as a cooperating witness.
"[13][14] As part of his plea bargain, Wang testified in United States v. Sam Bankman-Fried that "with some simple tweaks to computer code," he helped Alameda Research misappropriate as much as $65 billion from FTX customers and that he "lied about this to the public.