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Let's not forget extradition is in Bahamian jurisdiction. The Bahamian politicians will most likely want their cut and stall extradition, and to do that they ca
by ransom1538 4y ago
Let's not forget extradition is in Bahamian jurisdiction. The Bahamian politicians will most likely want their cut and stall extradition, and to do that they can either 1) shake down FTX leaders or 2) cut a deal with US extradition courts for cash. I don't see 2) working out since the case is so public. There wont be a snatch and grab either. I don't see a extradition until all the local cash is gone from FTX leaders and the Bahamians lose interest which could be years if not a decade. I bet the Bahamians already took FTX leaders passports and are seizing properties.
- user_named 4y agoYou mean FTX, not SBF.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> You mean FTX, not SBF. SBF, the name of the visible head, is as good a collective label for the network of individual criminals and the many dozens of companies they used in their crimes as FTX, just one of the companies, is.
- shkkmo 4y agoExcept FTX is already a collective label, SBF is not. Using SBF as a collective is a confusing and incorrect. If you want to use it as part of a collective label, you could use "SBF & co.", "SBF et al" or similar conventions for creating a collective label from a singular one.
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- ransom1538 4y agogah fixed thanks
- Scoundreller 4y agoYeah, Bahamas would definitely bend over backwards for the US. US blacklisting Bahamas with the various tools at its disposal isn’t worth it for Bahamas. (Cutting off preclearance, cutting off from US financial system, increasing visa/travel barriers for Bahamians)
- dsfyu404ed 4y ago>US blacklisting Bahamas with the various tools at its disposal isn’t worth it for Bahamas. US swinging its dick around in that manner over one dude who ran one fraudulent company isn't worth it for the US.
- adrr 4y agoDepends on optics. This is controlled by executive branch and if they want portray themselves as hard on corruption, they’ll do it. You’ll see this on Americans arrested overseas. If it makes the media, the executive branch will flex its power. Just happened today with the basketball player caught with drugs in Russia.
- pseudo0 4y agoWe are talking about a country that just traded an infamous arms dealer for a WNBA player...
- Scoundreller 4y agoOh, that like, just happened: https://apnews.com/article/brittney-griner-freed-viktor-bout-swap-us-russia-ee51f5c14f35dc4d4cf21224a8e44eaa https://apnews.com/article/brittney-griner-freed-viktor-bout...
- rootusrootus 4y agoThat was an incredible deal for Russia. The cost of that woman's mistake was pretty steep, she should be very grateful.
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- throwaway1777 4y agoNot entirely, since some of the entities were based in the US. But this is likely one thing the prosecution has to untangle before filing charges.
- ransom1538 4y agoSBF is 100% in the Bahamas. This is 100% up to bahamian courts to extradite or not.