Investment banking company Jefferies Group’s CEO, Richard “Rich” Handler, took to Twitter to reveal that he unsuccessfully tried to get in touch with FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried earlier this year when the latter was offering bailouts to several troubled firms.

Handler revealed several snapshots that he had sent to an unknown person enquiring if they knew Bankman-Fried. The emails were dated July 2022. The recipient responded by saying that they have met the FTX exec once and went on to add that he was the creditor of a deal they were handling. Handler then reverted, saying he had a lot of experience when runs occur. He expressed his willingness to meet SBF. 

The 61-year-old American businessman even asked to forward SBF a note for a quick “lunch grab” in September in the Bahamas but got no response.