FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrested
in Bahamas
Posted By: Hazymac, 12/13/2022 9:43:42 AM
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled former CEO of cryptocurrency giant FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, with defrauding investors. "FTX’s collapse highlights the very real risks that unregistered crypto asset trading platforms can pose for investors and customers alike," said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, in a statement. Bankman-Fried had been arrested Monday in the Bahamas after federal prosecutors in New York filed criminal charges contained in a sealed indictment, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said on Monday that specific charges were expected to be unsealed Tuesday.
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Years in Jail 18 replies
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Years in Jail 18 replies
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Bahamian arrestees go to Bahamas Department of Corrections facility "Fox Hill prison," reportedly so bad a place to be that the inmates beg to be sent elsewhere. SBF will likely be extradited back to the USA, where he will not talk. It's too bad he can't spend a year in Fox Hill, which would be a stern attitude adjustment for him. He needs such an adjustment.