A spokesman for the US Attorney's office in Manhattan confirms Sam Bankman-Fried had been arrested in The Bahamas but declines to comment on what the charges were.
The Bahamas police have arrested former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the country’s attorney general said on Monday, December 12, adding that The Bahamas has received formal notification from the United States of criminal charges against him.
“As a result of the notification received and the material provided therewith, it was deemed appropriate for the Attorney General to seek SBF’s arrest and hold him in custody pursuant to our nation’s Extradition Act,” the office of The Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder said.
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