NO SPECIAL TREATMENT: Sam Bankman-Fried in maximum security sickbay with five other men

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Department of Correctional Services acting Commissioner of Corrections Doan Cleare has confirmed that embattled former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is currently in the sick bay of the maximum security block with five other men. Cleare told Eyewitness News that the 30-year-old disgraced billionaire seemed to be in good spirits when he […]

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried fights US extradition, denied bail

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was yesterday remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services as he fights extradition to the United States. Citing his access to “substantial finances”, Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt said she did not believe there was any bail condition she could impose that would […]

SEC complaint alleges Bankman-Fried orchestrated scheme to defraud investors of billions for speculative investments and to grow crypto empire

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried with orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors of billions of dollars which he diverted to his Alameda Research crypto hedge fund for his own personal benefit and to help grow his crypto empire. The regulator claims that since […]

New FTX CEO says liquidation process in The Bahamas lacks transparency, alleges pushback from government and regulators

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — FTX CEO John Ray III in a congressional hearing into the company’s collapse yesterday slammed The Bahamas’ company liquidation  process as lacking transparency, claiming that the ‘pushback’ being received from the Bahamian government and regulators was ‘extraordinary’ and ‘irregular.’  Ray was addressing a House Financial Services Committee hearing into the collapse of the […]