I explicitly stated this would not protect him from any criminal charges. What I suggested was, extradition is a lengthy and involved process to initiate, and requires many coordination challenges for both countries. There's limited resources and SBF is not the only individual authorities are seeking to extradite, and I don't think it's far-fetched to think his political contributions reduce his chance of appearing on the Interpol Top 10 most wanted list. I could be wrong but it seems reasonable to me.

And I don't necessarily agree the incentives don't hold up. Why would SBF have gotten the idea to donate millions of (his customers' and investors') dollars to political campaigns? Every top political donor does so for lobbying power and to win favor with politicians as the primary factor.