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Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of failed crypto exchange FTX, arrested in Bahamas

By France24
13 December 2022   |   1:03 pm
Disgraced former CEO of FTX crypto exchange is arrested in the Bahamas Prosecutors will unseal a criminal indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, on Tuesday. He was taken into custody in the Bahamas on Monday.

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