Sam Bankman-Fried remains in rat-infested Bahamian jail after extradition confusion

Sam Bankman-Fried remained in a Bahamian jail Monday despite reports he would allow his extradition to the US — following what a local judge called a “wasted day” in court. The 30-year-old alleged crypto grifter had been widely expected to give up his extradition fight Monday following his arrest in the Bahamas last week on US charges he’d defrauded…

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Sam Bankman-Fried prosecutors target top Democrats for info on FTX donations

Prosecutors investigating accused crypto grifter Sam Bankman-Fried have demanded information from high-level Democrats — including the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the incoming House minority leader — to help prove their sprawling case, according to a report. Top Dem lawyer Marc E. Elias, who represents a…

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Sam Bankman-Fried Hires the Go-to Lawyer for Financial Fraudsters

There are several barometers indicating just how much trouble FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is facing after incinerating billions of dollars of client money — his company’s balance sheet from hell, the deeply sketchy-sounding back channel for moving his customers’ funds around, the reported SEC and Bahamian probes. But the best measurement might just be his…

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