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FTX’S Bankman-Fried’s lawyer departs courthouse in Bahamas – Reuters witness

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Reuters
Updated: Dec 20, 2022, 18:21 GMT+00:00

(Reuters) - A laywer for Sam Bankman-Fried departed a court in the Bahamas on Tuesday and the founder of the failed FTX crypto exchange was not seen at the court, according to a Reuters witness, after a source said Bankman-Fried was prepared to return to the United States to face fraud charges.

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(Reuters) – A lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried departed a court in the Bahamas on Tuesday and the founder of the failed FTX crypto exchange was not seen at the court, according to a Reuters witness, after a source said Bankman-Fried was prepared to return to the United States to face fraud charges. (This story has been refiled to fix the spelling of ‘lawyer’ in the first paragraph)

(Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware)

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