Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX, accepts his extradition to the US, according to BBC

MADRID, 21 Dic.

Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX, accepts his extradition to the US, according to BBC

MADRID, 21 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder and former CEO of crypto asset exchange FTX, which filed for bankruptcy last November, has accepted his extradition to the United States, where he is accused of committing a multi-million dollar fraud. to investors, according to the BBC.

The businessman had been arrested in the Bahamas last week after a notification by the US authorities, who charged him with eight charges, including conspiracy to embezzle client funds.

In this sense, a source close to Bankman-Fried, who denies the accusations, told the BBC that he had agreed to be extradited to the United States.

In an interview with the British channel prior to his arrest, the FTX co-founder defended his innocence and claimed that he had not knowingly committed fraud. "I don't think he committed fraud. I didn't want any of this to happen. He certainly wasn't as competent as he thought he was," he said then.

FTX announced in mid-November that it had decided to file for the protection of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Law to carry out in an orderly manner the process of evaluation and liquidation of assets for the benefit of the interested parties.

According to a judicial file, FTX owed its 50 largest creditors almost 3,100 million dollars (2,919 million euros).

“Sam Bankman-Fried built a house of cards on a foundation of deception while telling investors it was one of the safest buildings in crypto,” said U.S. Exchange and Market Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler, last week when denouncing the alleged fraud committed by the businessman.

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