The founder of FTX arrested in the Bahamas after being charged in the US.

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The founder of the bankrupt

,

, was arrested Monday in the Bahamas after the attorney for the southern district of New York,

, charged him.

In a tweet, Williams reported that the Bahamian authorities had arrested

at the request of the US government "based on a secret indictment" presented by the prosecution, details of which will be released shortly.

In a statement, published by the media, the

, said that his country and the US "have shared interest in holding accountable all individuals associated with FTX who may have betrayed the public trust and broken the law."

was scheduled to

testify by video link before a US House committee on Tuesday.

FTX filed for bankruptcy on November 11, and at the end of that month the company's new managers appeared for the first time before the bankruptcy court of the state of

(USA) to begin the restructuring process.

Lawyers for the new board and its current head, John Ray, argue that a

of the company's assets may have been stolen or are missing.

The new managers have also denounced that the company had a "total absence of corporate controls" and a lack of "reliable financial information".

The platform, which came to be valued at

could have more than a million creditors around the world.

So far, the company has admitted that it owes more than $3 billion to its top 50 creditors.

However,

blames the bankruptcy in part on the massive sale of cryptocurrencies that occurred at the beginning of the year.

For the founder of the company, this sale halved the guarantee of FTX, of about

.

At that point, according to Bankman-Fried, the sale of cryptocurrencies continued, combined with a credit crunch and a "flight from the bank," which reduced the collateral to $9 billion before FTX filed for

.

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