FTX’s disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent back to a Bahamas jail Monday after a reported plan for him to waive his extradition to the U.S. was halted.
Reports over the weekend showed that Bankman-Fried would agree to the extradition, but the former crypto star told a different story Monday, demanding to see a copy of his federal indictment before consenting to return to the U.S. He will return to Fox Hill jail rather than surrendering himself to U.S. custody.
Bankman-Fried’s legal team said that they would fight extradition last week. CNBC and several other outlets reported that Bankman-Fried had changed his mind and would instead submit himself for extradition on Monday.
SBF’s Bahamian defense attorney told the court that he was “shocked” that Bankman-Fried was in court.
“I did not request him to be here this morning,” the attorney said. Franklyn Williams KC, the Bahamian prosecutor, said that he “understood that [Bankman-Fried] intended to waive extradition,” according to an NBC News producer present in the courtroom.
