bahamian authorities were going to file charges, maybe that would have impacted the extradition if they had filed charges that were higher than what we re going to see here. the u.s. government wanted to get them in ahead of time possibly. bill: let s bring in andy mccarthy. the charges were filed in the southern district of new york. your piece is curious timing of sam bankman-fried arrest and lee zeldin who ran for governor. house republicans were ready to grill him. now sbf was just arrested. why not allow him to testify first and answer the many questions under oath? where do you come down on this, andy? bill, if you are the justice department, you are a prosecutor on this case and the prospect of a potential fraud defendant who goes in front of congress under oath to make hours of testimony, a lot of it probably elicited by
extradition. bahama authorities are conducting their own investigation but as such a time a request for extradition is made they plan to promise is promptly and the treaty obligations with the united states. a lot of frustrated folks in washington, of course. also frustration on how long these charges took. this is my hot take. this actually came quickly. forensics accountants have had to rebuild essentially from scratch. they didn t have books, they didn t have records. what i ve been hearing is the speed of these charges means that they have cooperating witnesses and there are rumors that caroline ellison was in new york recently. the ceo of alameda. bill: questions about the timing and why it happened last night on the eve of the appearance before congress. is there an answer yet? there is no answer. there are rumors that perhaps they didn t want him to go forth before congress and talk about these political donations but also a question of if the
bahama regulators to gain unauthorized action cess to transfer fund to that government. in other words a hack, a key development that s coming out in the bankruptcy filings and could impact what investors get paid. lots of stuff happening. bill: charlie can t stop talking. we are talking about the ftx. where do you think it stands? the celebrity stuff is the least nefarious part of this. they are paid equity in ftx thinking it will go public and make a lot of money. i don t think they were sitting around looking at the books of ftx. where the rubber meets the road and the u.s. attorney and barring evidence they try to get a case out, criminal case before the end of the year is what i m hearing. can t call him a fraud yet. he hasn t been charged. just because you are preparing a
sandals emerald bay that a man was found unresponsive on the floor of his villa. officers say the couple complained of illness. went to a local medical facility, received treatment, and returned to their lodging. all three individuals were pronounced dead by a local doctor. here is what bahama s minister of health and wellness said saturday. it started the day before yesterday where there were some signs of an individual presenting to the clinic with symptoms. they were treated and subsequently discharged themselves. we feel what we are seeing is an isolated case associated in a particular area. reporter: the u.s. state department released a statement staying in part we are closely monitoring local authorities
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