Bankman-Fried Waives Extradition and 2 Colleagues Plead Guilty in Manhattan

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Thursday, December 29, 2022
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
39
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 

On December 22, 2022, Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Samuel Bankman-Fried (SBF) had waived extradition from the Bahamas.  Simultaneously he announced the unsealing of guilty pleas of Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, and Gary Wang, co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer of FTX. [1]



[1]    U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, United States Attorney Announces Extradition of FTX Founder Samuel Bankman-Fried to the United States and Guilty Pleas of Former CEO of Alameda Research and Former Chief Technology Officer of FTX, Press Rel. No. 22-407, Dec.22, 2022.