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Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced founding father of the cryptocurrency alternate FTX was arrested within the Bahamas Monday, authorities stated.
Bahamian authorities stated Bankman-Fried’s arrest got here after america filed costs in opposition to him and was more likely to request extradition.
FILE: Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and chief govt officer of FTX, in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Might 11, 2021. (Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
“The Bahamas and america in holding accountable all people related to FTX who might have betrayed the general public belief and damaged the legislation,” Prime Minister Philip Davis stated in a press release.
“Whereas america is pursuing felony costs in opposition to SBF individually, The Bahamas will proceed its personal regulatory and felony investigations into the collapse of FTX, with the continued cooperation of its legislation enforcement and regulatory companions in america and elsewhere.”
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“At such time as a proper request for extradition is made, The Bahamas intends to course of it promptly, pursuant to Bahamian legislation and its treaty obligations with america,” stated the Workplace of the Lawyer Common and Ministry of Authorized Affairs in a press release.
FILE: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried speaks through the New York Instances DealBook Summit within the Appel Room on the Jazz At Lincoln Middle on November 30, 2022 in New York Metropolis. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
The U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of New York confirmed Bankman-Fried’s arrest primarily based on a sealed indictment from the court docket.
“We count on to maneuver to unseal the indictment within the morning and may have extra to say at the moment,” U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams stated in a press release offered to Fox Information.
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Bankman-Fried was scheduled to testify Tuesday in entrance of the Home Monetary Providers Committee, together with FTX’s present CEO, John Ray III.
“Though Mr. Bankman-Fried should be held accountable, the American public deserves to listen to immediately from Mr. Bankman-Fried concerning the actions that’ve harmed over a million folks, and worn out the hard-earned life financial savings of so many,” Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. and chairwoman of the monetary companies committee stated in a press release. “The general public has been ready eagerly to get these solutions beneath oath earlier than Congress, and the timing of this arrest denies the general public this chance.”
“Whereas I’m upset that we won’t be able to listen to from Mr. Bankman-Fried tomorrow, we stay dedicated to attending to the underside of what occurred, and the Committee appears to be like ahead to starting our investigation by listening to from Mr. John Ray III tomorrow.”
FTX filed for chapter on Nov. 11 when the agency ran out of cash after the cryptocurrency equal of a financial institution run. Prospects tried to withdraw their belongings all of sudden due to rising doubts concerning the monetary power of the corporate and its affiliated buying and selling arm, Alameda Analysis.
Since its collapse, FTX’s new administration has referred to as the cryptocurrency alternate’s administration a “full failure of company controls.”
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Bankman-Fried has stated he didn’t “knowingly” misuse prospects’ funds.
“I did not ever need to commit fraud on anybody,” he stated throughout an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at a convention placed on by The New York Instances in November. “I used to be shocked at what occurred this month.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
