{
  "id": 4609476,
  "title": "The feds seized a stake in Anthropic from Sam Bankman-Fried's friends. What happened to the shares?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/the-feds-seized-a-stake-in-anthropic-from-sam-bankman-frieds-friends",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-31T09:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-bankman-fried-anthropic-ftx-caroline-ellison-nishad-singh-doj-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two associates of Sam Bankman-Fried invested in Anthropic before he faced fraud charges. After their conviction, their shares became part of a legal black hole. The feds seized shares belonging to Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh, and quietly sold those Anthropic shares last year. The government acquired a stake in Anthropic without paying from Bankman-Fried's associates, but their fate is unclear.",
  "summary": "Sam Bankman-Fried's Anthropic stake was liquidated in bankruptcy court two years ago. His friends' shares went down a different path.",
  "key_points": [
    "Sam Bankman-Fried's friends Caroline Ellison and Nishad Singh invested in Anthropic.",
    "Federal government seized their Anthropic shares after their fraud convictions.",
    "Anthropic stake acquired by government without payment, fate unclear."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}