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I fully understand the purported chain of events. But, again: the US does not have jurisdiction over FTX. So why would he "get arrested" in California for embezzlement? He didn't break any US laws. The FTX/Alameda deal was likely done via SAFT[1], which is both legal and popular.

[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/simple-agreement-future...

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The US has jurisdiction over Mr. Bankman-Fried, who is an American citizen born in California. The US has jurisdiction over Alameda Research, which is a US company operating in California and appears to have been the beneficiary of the scam. That's plenty of jurisdiction.

Does FTX international have any US investors? This would be a theft of their funds too, right?

It does, but those investors were breaking FTX ToS by using the site (you had to use a VPN to access it).

I'm not sure if the SEC has standing for American investors that pretended to not be American.

Sorry, I mean investors in the company itself, not crypto traders.

Sequoia marked their $150M investment into FTX down to $0 in a letter to LPs[1].

[1] https://twitter.com/sequoia/status/1590522718650499073/photo...

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