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- FTX spent $15 million on flights and plane upgrades with a charter airline, a court filing said.
- Bankman-Fried made 21 trips to or from Washington, DC, on a Learjet 60, a person with direct knowledge told Insider.
- FTX also chartered smaller Cessnas, which two people said transported Amazon parcels.
Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX frequently chartered private jets from a Bahamian company called Trans Island Airways (TIA), three people familiar with the matter told Insider.
That included several trips to Washington, DC, according to one of the people who has direct knowledge of the matter.