FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Officially Agrees to Be Extradited to US

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Officially Agrees to Be Extradited to US
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (2nd L) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas, on Dec. 13, 2022. Mario Duncanson/AFP/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried agreed on Dec. 21 to be extradited to the United States on fraud charges, according to an affidavit read aloud by his lawyer during a court hearing in the Bahamas, where he has been held since being charged by federal prosecutors.

During the court hearing, Bankman-Fried stepped up to the witness stand in court and agreed to be sent back to the United States.

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