As for whether Bankman-Fried created a “backdoor” to discreetly move user funds to Alameda without attracting attention as reported by Reuters, Bankman-Fried suggested that “I certainly didn't build the back door in there and I don't know exactly what they're referring to.”

Bankman-Fried said that he couldn’t have built a backdoor since “I don’t even know how to code,” though this defense doesn’t really address Reuters’ core claim – which is that he used a backdoor, not that he built one.