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slash Ben. Well, the big news of the morning is that FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried has now been arrested in the Bahamas.

There are some people who suspected that he actually would not be arrested because he gave tens of millions of dollars to Democrats in the last election cycle. But the actual strategy here apparently is he can give tens of millions of dollars to the Democrats in the last election cycle, but the actual strategy here apparently is he can give

tens of millions of dollars to the Democrats in the last election cycle. After the election, we will

arrest him, as it turns out. According to the New York Times, Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced

founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTCX was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday after

U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges, quote, SBF's arrest followed receipt of formal notification from the United States that it has filed criminal charges against SBF and is likely to request his extradition. The government of the Bahamas said in a statement, the arrest was the latest stunning development in one of the most dramatic falls from grace in recent corporate history. Bankman Fried was scheduled to testify in Congress on Tuesday about the collapse of FDX, which was one of the most powerful firms in the emerging crypto industry until it imploded virtually overnight last month after a run-on deposited deposits exposed in $8 billion hole in its accounts. Prosecutors for the Southern District of New York confirm that Bankman-Fried have been charged and said in an indictment that it would be unsealed on Tuesday. Separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a statement it had authorized

charges relating to Mr. Bankman-Fried's violations of our securities laws.

Now, the criminal charges against Bankman-Fried included wire fraud, wire-fraud conspiracy,

securities fraud, securities fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering said one person with knowledge

of the matter.

Hilariously, there was apparently a WhatsApp group chat

that included Sam Bankman-Fried and his girlfriend who ran Alameda Capital, which was the hedge

fund connected to FDX, and it was called wire fraud, which is like, I'm sorry, that's like

the person whose password on their computer is still password. I wasn't committing wire fraud.

I just had a group that was called wire fraud where we talked about committing wire fraud.

Yeah, that's awkward.

Guys, if you're going to commit the criminal activity, probably should not actually label your group chats by the name of the criminal charge.

Bankman Fried was the only person charged in the indictment.

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