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> 1. SBF agreed to be extradited from the Bahamas to face ~X charges in the US. Would it be more accurate to say that the Bahamas agreed to extradite SBF? If n
by babyshake 3y ago
> 1. SBF agreed to be extradited from the Bahamas to face ~X charges in the US.
Would it be more accurate to say that the Bahamas agreed to extradite SBF? If not, then it doesn't make sense why the Bahamas would need to complain about the additional charges instead of SBF if they weren't involved in the agreement.
Although FWIW SBF is the last person who should be complaining about having the rug pulled from under them.
- danielfoster 3y agoSBF agreed to waive his right to fight extradition from the Bahamas in Bahamian court. This let the Bahamas make an agreement to extradite him.
- anonymousiam 3y agoHis team are just arguing everything that they can. It's likely that SBF was treated more poorly in a Bahamas prison than in a US prison. I recall that he waived extradition fairly quickly after being incarcerated there.
- zarzavat 3y agoIs time in a foreign prison awaiting extradition counted for the purposes of “time spent”? Because if not, if you know you are going to be extradited in the end, it might be in your interests to agree to extradition.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoEven so, he still seemed to have received "royal treatment" while there compared to less high-profile (or Bahamian) defendants. They even let him have his Adderall, allegedly...
- LatteLazy 3y agoNot op but... He agreed to be extradited voluntarily. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/business/sbf-extradition-bahamas/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/19/business/sbf-extradition-baha...