Why on Earth would he fight extradition? The alternative to coming to the US was spending years locked up in a Bahamian jail.

Bahamas aren't this terrible place to be. It's still jail in actual paradise. People in NYC would fork over a kidney for that type of view and square footage.

I don’t think people in NYC are going to the Bahamas for their jails.

Maybe not int'l travel, but someone seems to be going to this national park in SF.

"Island of Incarceration" https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm

They don't have AC.

neither does NYC

Doesn’t sound like paradise.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/bahamas-jail-ftx-sam-ban...

"According to Bloomberg, Bankman-Fried was held in the sickbay, where he had access to a toilet, running water, a TV, local newspapers, crossword puzzles and many other perks, including vegan food. Anonymous prison officials disclosed that the former CEO spent his days watching the news and reading articles about himself."

Or perhaps he stopped fighting extradition when his lawyers set up a deal to avoid bail?

My guess -- no evidence -- was that was in return for immunity or leniency for his parents. It's the only incentive I can imagine to voluntarily accept a very long federal prison sentence.