kristen fleming has more now from the the former billionaire and f t. x founder faces 8 federal charges here in new york as well as a possible life sentence. the charges include securities, fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, even a campaign finance violation, and under u. s. law he must appear before a judge within 24 hours of arriving in the country. that judge is the one who decides whether or not he can be granted bail, and free before his trial is concluded. the 30 year old m i t graduate a said in court papers in the bahamas that he was anxious to return to the united states and make his customers hole. he may also have been eager to avoid the notorious fox hill prison in the bahamas and get back to the united states, but he is up against some serious charges here. the securities and exchange commission describe what he did with his crypto exchange as a quote brazen fraud. the current c o, testifying before congress said that there were no proper financial records kept. he's described as a, a failure of corporate control. all of these questions which bagman freed will have to ans