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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Larry Neumeister

Judge kept FTX execs' plea deals secret to get founder to US

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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.

U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams said during plea proceedings Monday in Manhattan that transcripts of the pleas could remain sealed until Bankman-Fried reached New York.

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