FTX founder’s hearing adjourned at request of his lawyer

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, right, is escorted out of Magistrate Court toward a Corrections van, following a hearing in Nassau, Bahamas, on Monday, December 19, 2022 (Rebecca Blackwell/AP/PA)

Sam Bankman-Fried was heading back to jail on Monday after a Bahamian judge cut short a hearing where the FTX founder was expected to drop his fight against extradition to the US.

Local news outlets reported that Bankman-Fried’s lawyer requested the adjournment because he hadn’t been properly consulted about the proceedings.