What is the status of Sam Bankman-Fried?
Sam Bankman-Fried created the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the associated trading firm Alameda Research. He was charged with eight criminal charges for offenses including wire fraud, commodities fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and campaign finance law violations by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. On December 12, 2022, Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas and was subsequently extradited to the United States. On December 22, Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million bond cosigned by his parents, both Stanford law professors, on condition that he reside at his parents' home in California.