https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7v8qd/sam-bankman-fried-arrested-in-the-bahamas-at-request-of-us-government > Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested by Bahamian authorities on Monday at the request of the U.S. government on unspecified charges, a month after his crypto trading empire suddenly collapsed and went bankrupt amid widespread allegations of fraud. > “Earlier this evening, Bahamian authorities arrested Samuel Bankman-Fried at the request of the U.S. Government, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY,” United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams said in a tweeted statement. “We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.”