https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/12/23/judge-kept-ftx-execs-plea-deals-secret-to-get-founder-to-us-2/

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press

NEW YORK  — A judge agreed to a request by prosecutors to keep it secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s executive associates had turned against him so that the cryptocurrency entrepreneur would agree not to fight extradition from the Bahamas to the United States, according to transcripts of plea deals made public Friday.