{"id":262574,"date":"2022-12-19T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=262574"},"modified":"2022-12-20T08:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T08:15:22","slug":"sbf-changes-mind-on-extradition-to-us-after-four-days-in-bahamian-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=262574","title":{"rendered":"SBF Changes Mind On Extradition To US After Four Days In Bahamian Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SUMMIT News \u2013 Dec 18, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>After spending just five days in a Bahamian jail cell, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried\u00a0is backpedaling on his decision to contest extradition to the United States\u00a0to face fraud charges,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/sam-bankman-fried-reverse-decision-contesting-extradition-source-2022-12-17\/?taid=639e1e99c14c7a0001982e94&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reports, citing a person familiar with the matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the report, SBF will appear in court on Monday to formally consent to extradition \u2013 which will pave the way for him to appear in US court to face charges that he commingled customer deposits to cover expenses and debts, and to make investments through his crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research LLC.<\/p>\n<p>That said, legal experts tell\u00a0<em>Reuters\u00a0<\/em>that a trial is likely over a year away.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FzCHzAbLPBI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/bahamas-jail-ftx-sam-bankman-fried-fox-hill-harsh-conditions-report\"><em>Fox News<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reported last week,\u00a0<strong>the Bahamas prison where SBF was reportedly heading \u2013 Fox Hill \u2013 is \u201charsh\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>due to \u201covercrowding, poor nutrition [and] inadequate sanitation,\u201d along with cells that are \u201cinfested with rats, maggots, and insects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will be in sick bay for orientation purposes and then we will determine where best to place him,\u201d said Bahamian Commissioner of Correctional Services Doan Cleare in a statement to\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>A 2021 U.S. State Department report said prisoners at Fox Hill described \u201cinfrequent access to nutritious meals and long delays between daily meals.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaximum-security cells for men measured approximately six feet by 10 feet and held up to six persons with no mattresses or toilet facilities. Inmates removed human waste by bucket. Prisoners complained of the lack of beds and bedding,\u201d according to the report. \u201cSome inmates developed bedsores from lying on bare ground.\u00a0<strong>Sanitation was a general problem, and cells were infested with rats, maggots, and insects.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and inadequate access to medical care were problems in the\u00a0Bahamas Department of Correctional Services\u00a0men\u2019s maximum-security block<\/strong>,\u201d the report continued. \u201cThe facility was designed to accommodate 1,000 prisoners but was chronically overcrowded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Thursday<\/strong>, Bankman-Fried sought bail from the Bahamas Supreme Court following his Dec. 12 arrest. On Tuesday he was remanded to Fox Hill Prison after Chief Magistrate JoyAnn Ferguson rejected his request to remain at home while awaiting a hearing on his extradition to the US.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/sbf-changes-mind-extradition-us-after-five-days-bahamian-jail\">Zero Hedge <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2022\/12\/18\/sbf-changes-mind-on-extradition-to-us-after-four-days-in-bahamian-jail\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poor sanitation and cells infested with rats, maggots, and insects probably helped change his mind<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":262576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262575,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262574\/revisions\/262575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/262576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}