Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was ordered to jail on Friday after a federal judge in New York revoked his bail, in a dramatic twist less than two months before the case was set to go to trial.
Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, had been under house arrest at his parents’ home in Palo Alto, Calif., since he was arrested in December on fraud charges stemming from FTX’s implosion.
The decision was the latest extraordinary development in one of the most dramatic corporate implosions in recent memory.
Over just a few weeks, Mr. Bankman-Fried went from an industry titan courted by politicians and celebrities to a criminal defendant facing decades in prison.
Ms. Ellison has pleaded guilty to fraud charges and agreed to cooperate with the prosecutors investigating Mr. Bankman-Fried.
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Sam Bankman, ’, Judge Lewis A, Kaplan, Fried, FTX, Caroline Ellison, Bankman, Ellison
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New York, Palo Alto, Calif, Manhattan