Sam Bankman-Fried denies rumors that he fled to Argentina

SBF resigned as CEO of FTX on November 11 after initiating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the district of Delaware.

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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has denied speculation that he fled to Argentina as the saga surrounding his collapsed cryptocurrency exchange continued to unfold in near real-time on Twitter.

In a November 12 text message to Reuters, Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF, said he was still in the Bahamas. When Reuters asked him specifically if he had been to Argentina, as rumors suggest, he replied, "No."

Users took to Twitter over the weekend to speculate whether SBF was on the run after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for FTX Group, which includes a slew of companies such as FTX Trading, FTX US and AlamedaResearch. The rumors began after users tracked the coordinates of his private jet using the ADS-B Exchange flight tracking website. The tracker suggested that SBF's Gulfstream G450 landed in Buenos Aires on a direct flight from Nassau, Bahamas in the early hours of November 12.

Rumor has it that SBF is on his way to Argentina.. pic.twitter.com/Jnxm3bprm9

— CoinMamba (@coinmamba) November 12, 2022

Bankman-Fried lives in a luxury penthouse in Nassau that is reportedly shared by several roommates, including Caroline Ellison, CEO of Alameda Research.

Sam Bankman-Fried just landed @SBF_FTX Private Jet lands in Buenos Aires Argentina LVKEB on the run #FTX pic.twitter.com/DD4Gy9nguk

— 0xMeTaNeeR (@0xMetaNeeR) November 12...