Former FTX US President Brett Harrison has blasted Sam Bankman-Fried for manipulating and threatening coworkers who proposed solutions to rearrange FTX United States’ management structure.

Harrison shared his experiences with Bankman-Fried and FTX US on Dec. 14, discussing how he was employed “delicately over text” in Mar. 2021 after working together at New York-based trading company Jane Street for a few years.But six months into Harrison’s tenure at FTX United States,”fractures began to form “in between the 2, he said.Despite remembering Bankman-Fried to be a”delicate and intellectually curious person “at first, Harrison said he saw”overall insecurity and intransigence”in Bankman-Fried when faced with conflict, especially when Harrison recommended FTX US establish separate branches for its executive, developer and legal teams.16/ 49 I saw in that early dispute his total insecurity and intransigence when his choices were questioned, his spitefulness, and the volatility of his personality. I realized he wasn’t who I remembered.– Brett Harrison(@BrettHarrison88)January 14, 2023 Harrison added that he”wasn’t sure what accounted for the significant modification” in Bankman-Fried’s erratic habits, though he believed psychological health issues might have been a”contributing element.”Part of that irrational behavior Harrison explains consisted of a series of gaslighting and manipulation tactics Bankman-Fried utilized versus Harrison and other colleagues in their quote to clean up

up FTX US ‘business mess.Harrison likewise remembered his last effort to fix FTX United States’company issues with Bankman-Fried, declaring that he threatened to”destroy my professional track record “if a formally apology wasn’t received:29/ 49 In response, I was threatened on Sam’s behalf that I would be fired and that Sam would damage my expert reputation. I was instructed to formally withdraw what I ‘d written and to deliver an apology to Sam that had actually been prepared for me.– Brett Harrison(@BrettHarrison88)January 14, 2023 Harrison stated that occasion”solidified” his choice to leave.Related: FTX ex-staffer: Extravagant expenditures and cult-like worshipping of SBF As for the scams charges now laid against Bankman-Fried and other FTX coworkers, Harrison said he was blinded by the firm’s supposed commingling and abuse of billions of dollars of consumer funds:”I never might have guessed that underlying

these sort of concerns– which I ‘d seen at other more fully grown companies in my profession

and believed notto be fatal to business success– was multi-billion-dollar fraud.””If any one of us had actually suspected let

alone found out the fact, we would have reported them right away,” he added.Bankman-Fried was approved bail after posting a$250 million bond warranty and pleading not guilty to all eight criminal charges laid versus him on Jan. 3. Harrison stepped down as FTX United States President on Sept. 27– about five weeks before FTX catastrophically collapsed– where he stated that he moved into an advisory role.