Flight Radar Report Shows FTX Co-Founder’s Private Jet Flew to Argentina, SBF Says He’s Still in the Bahamas – Bitcoin News

In line with Flightradar24’s official Twitter account, essentially the most tracked flight at 3:33 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2022, was Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) personal jet flying from the Bahamas to Argentina. Whereas the flight monitor doesn’t imply SBF took the flight, a lot of individuals suspected somebody from SBF’s inside circle did fly out of the Bahamas. The previous FTX CEO, nevertheless, texted Reuters after the flight and informed the information outlet he didn’t depart the Bahamas.

Former FTX CEO’s Non-public Jet Embarks to Argentina, SBF Claims He Stays within the Bahamas

The previous FTX CEO and frontman, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has been underneath the highlight all week after his change, which was as soon as value $32 billion, shuddered and filed for bankruptcy protection.

Following the chapter registration in Delaware, FTX US customers started to complain about withdrawal points. Then reports on Nov. 12, at round 3:00 a.m. (ET) indicated that FTX wallets might have been hacked. A few of the funds had been despatched to Kraken and Kraken’s chief safety officer, Nick Percoco, told the public they’ve recognized the consumer.

Curiously, roughly across the similar time, individuals began to note FTX wallets had been getting drained, Flightradar24’s official Twitter account tweeted about essentially the most tracked flight at round 3:33 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2022.

“Most tracked flight proper now,” Flightradar24 wrote. “In line with tweets, the founder and former CEO of [FTX] is en path to Argentina after the FTX collapse earlier this week.”

Some observers of the Flightradar24 tweet, like the favored whistleblower Fatman, didn’t like Flightradar24’s assertion. “Shouldn’t be tweeting this. Zero affirmation or proof of this being SBF,” Fatman replied to Flightradar24’s tweet.

Whereas the radar report does present SBF’s personal jet did embark to Argentina, there’s no means of telling who was on the journey with out the official flight logs. Following the hypothesis, the information publication Reuters published an article that stated SBF didn’t depart the Bahamas.

“When requested by Reuters whether or not he had flown to Argentina, Bankman-Fried responded in a textual content message: ‘Nope.’ He informed Reuters he was within the Bahamas,” the article’s creator defined.

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