Bankman-Fried, disgraced former CEO of FTX crypto exchange, arrested in Bahamas

Enlarge this image

Sam Bankman-Fried attends via video call during the 2022 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at New York Historical Society on November 03, 2022. One week and one day later, his FTX empire had filed for bankruptcy Arturo Holmes/Getty Images

Arturo Holmes/Getty Images

Sam Bankman-Fried, the notorious former CEO of crypto exchange FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas, the office of the attorney general of The Bahamas said on Monday night.

The arrest was made at the request of the U.S. government, based on a

→ Continue reading at NPR - Technology

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

GM pauses sales of Chevy Blazer EV over software issues | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  GM has paused sales of its brand new Chevy Blazer EVs after some customers reported...

Crypto’s 2023 was marred by fraud and scandal. It was its best year ever | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  Crypto’s 14th year in existence was one marred by scandal, bankruptcy, fraud and regulatory squabbling....

The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.For most of humankind’s existence, Earth was the only known ocean-draped world, seemingly unlike any...