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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to fly to US today, escorted by FBI agents

Sam Bankman-Fried signed his surrender documents on Tuesday, he will sign a separate set of papers finalising his waiver of rights to fight extradition

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Federal authorities are set to whisk Sam Bankman-Fried to the US on Wednesday to face a range of criminal charges related to the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange.
 
Bankman-Fried signed his surrender documents on Tuesday, according to Bahamas Acting Commissioner of Corrections Doan Cleare. He’ll sign a separate set of papers finalizing his waiver of rights to fight extradition at the Magistrate’s Court in Nassau on Wednesday.

After that the FTX co-founder will be accompanied by FBI agents on a non-commercial aircraft back to the US, according to a person familiar with the matter. The plane will leave from a

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