FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denied Bail
in Bahamas After Arrest, Faces up to 115
Years in Jail
Posted By: earlybird, 12/14/2022 3:19:15 PM
Sam Bankman-Fried, the owner of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has been denied bail after his arrest in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government on Monday. In a hearing that lasted more than three hours on Tuesday, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt ruled that Bankman-Fried’s $250,000 bail request would be denied on the basis that Bankman-Fried poses a flight risk because of his access to financial resources. The judge ordered the 30-year-old to be remanded to a Bahamas correctional facility until Feb. 8, 2023.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Denied Bail
in Bahamas After Arrest, Faces up to 115
Years in Jail 18 replies
in Bahamas After Arrest, Faces up to 115
Years in Jail 18 replies
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