NASSAU- Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of FTX, will appear before a judge on January 17, 2023 for bail.
The disgraced cryptocurrency mogul will spend the holidays behind bars after his lawyers did not seek an expedited emergency bail hearing.
Bankman-Fried, who is nicknamed SBF, is fighting extradition to New York, where he is accused of eight counts of fraud, including lying to investors and violating US campaign finance law.
Bankman-Fried was arrested at his penthouse in the exclusive Albany community on Monday after US prosecutors requested his extradition.
He was denied bail on Tuesday after Chief Magistrate Joyann Ferguson-Pratt deemed him a flight risk.
Justice Jeanine Weech-Gomez will hear his bail application after the opening of the Legal Year.
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