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Bahamian authorities arrested former FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Monday evening. The development comes the day before Bankman-Fried had agreed to testify before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee regarding the collapse of his Nassau-based exchange. According to a statement shared by the Bahamian Office of the Attorney General & Ministry of Legal Affairs, the Royal Bahamas Police detained Bankman-Fried following receipt of formal notification from the United States it has… Source link

By Jasper Ward, Luc Cohen and Angus Berwick (Reuters) -FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of U.S. prosecutors on Monday, the day before he was due to testify before Congress about the abrupt failure last month of one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The arrest marks a stunning fall from grace for the 30-year-old entrepreneur who rode a boom in bitcoin and other digital assets to become a billionaire many times over until FTX’s rapid… Source link

Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Todd Downing was arrested for DUI just hours after the Titans’ win over Green Bay on Thursday night. Downing was arrested by the Tennessee Highway Patrol in Williamson County early Friday morning. He was cited for driving under the influence and speeding, and booked into the Williamson County jail at approximately 4:30 a.m. Downing was released around 7 a.m. According to the arrest report, the arresting officer pulled Downing over after his vehicle was… Source link

Emoni Bates, current basketball player at Eastern Michigan and former top recruit with Memphis, was arrested in Michigan on Sunday night following a traffic stop and arraigned Monday morning on at least one gun charge. According to the Detroit Free Press, Bates was stopped by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday evening at 10:43 after he failed to stop at an intersection. The police said they located a gun in the car during the investigation and arrested Bates, who was held in jail… Source link

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince was arrested at Miami International Airport on Thursday on a fugitive out-of-state warrant from Texas, according to Chris Hines of The Star Tribune. A Maimi-Dade police spokesman said Friday that the charge was related to “dangerous drugs” from a warrant out of Tarrant County, Texas — which holds Fort Worth and several other Dallas suburbs — according to NBC News. According to KSTP’s Eric Chaloux, Police said they found guns, a vape pen with… Source link

Former Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders and Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch was arrested Tuesday for allegedly driving under the influence in Las Vegas, police confirmed. Lynch, 36, was pulled over near the Las Vegas Strip around 7:25 a.m., according to TMZ, but reportedly did not submit to a breathalyzer test. Lynch retired from the NFL — again — following the 2019 season with the Seahawks. It was his third retirement since 2015: Lynch initially called it quits in 2016, only… Source link

Iman Shumpert last played in the league during the 2020-21 season for the Brooklyn Nets. (Noam Galai/Getty Images) Former NBA guard Iman Shumpert was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly had a “sizable” amount of marijuana in his bag at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, according to TMZ Sports. Shumpert was reportedly flying from Dallas to Los Angeles on Saturday when he was stopped at security. Shumpert admitted to police that the bag they found was marijuana, which… Source link

Former NFL first-round pick Damon Arnette is once again in the news for the wrong reasons. Arnette, 25, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Miami Beach, Florida, after police found “a cocaine-like substance in his pocket” after he was pulled over, according to police documents obtained TMZ Sports and multiple local news outlets. This was the second time Arnette had been pulled over in one night, per TMZ, after police initially issued him a citation for driving with a suspended license late… Source link

NFL Pro Bowler Duane Brown was arrested on Saturday after allegedly carrying a gun in his luggage through a TSA security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport. LAX Airport Police confirmed the charge to ABC News after TMZ initially reported the news. The gun was not loaded, according to the TMZ report. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirms that Brown was arrested by Airport Police on a misdemeanor charge and held on $10,000 bail. Duane Brown allegedly carried a gun in his bag… Source link

Miles Bridges was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday. (Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday, according to the Charlotte Observer. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department website confirms that Bridges was arrested on a felony charge and released later in the day on $130,000 bond. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department also confirmed the arrest to the Charlotte Observer, though did not release information… Source link