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Sam Bankman-Fried arrested (plus how Effective Altruism and utilitarianism played a role in the collapse of FTX)

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Ed highlighted this question a week ago, i.e. what does it take to get arrested around here? More recently, Bankman-Fried agreed to testify before Congress on the 13th which is tomorrow. However it turns out he didn’t mean in person. Earlier today he explained that his plan for the hearing was to “call in” from his home in the Bahamas. But it turns out that he may need to call collect if he still wants to call in:
I don’t suspect extradition from the Bahamas will take a long time but I’m guessing he won’t make it in time for the congressional testimony tomorrow. Meanwhile, his replacement at FTX is still scheduled to testify.
That matches, at least superficially, with the story Bankman-Fried has been telling, i.

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