occasionally giving interviews, in which he has denied defrauding his client. tonight in the early evening the police arrived at that gated compound, and they arrested mr sam bankman fried at the request of the united states government, thatis the united states government, that is pending the expected extradition plea from the us, that will take sam bankman fried from here to the united states of america to face charges, what sort of charges? the indictment filed by the new york prosecutors is yet to be unsealed, the new york times is reporting sam bankman fried faces charges that include, wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, all of this coming on the eve of what was widely anticipated testimony he was due to give to a us congressional hearing, looking