As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits sentencing next month for his role in the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange FTX, the son of the former billionaire and Stanford University law professor apparently discovered something new during a federal lock-up in Brooklyn. Have made friends.
A photo shared by crypto crime reporter Tiffany Fong shows the disgraced mogul still with his tousled hair but wearing some new “scruff.” The 31-year-old man has been seen standing with former Bloods member G Lock and four other inmates at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, the Daily Mail reports.
For his YouTube channel, Fong interviewed Ji Lock, who told him that Bankman-Fried was liked by the other inmates, saying he was “a nice guy”, although he was “weird” and “weird (expletive)”. ” Is. In a preview of the interview, G Lock admitted that Bankman-Fried isn’t raining much — but not because he’s afraid of rumored prison shower strikes, insisting that the FTX founder won’t be picked on by other inmates. Used to be.
Gee Lock also agreed with Fong that Bankman-Fried had lost weight. “Sam’s stomach is full, he’s eating well,” G. Lock said. “(Now) he’s as thin as a toothpick.”
But the former Bloods member had huge praise for Bankman-Fried. He compared his post-arrest activities to those of notorious, rainbow-haired rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, who was once a resident of Brooklyn’s MDC.
“He did not sneer at anyone. Sam’s a gangster,” G. Locke said. “Sam Tekashi is more gangster than 6ix9ine. Sam Bankman stood on all ten toes. Tejashwi complained.
G Lock is referring to Tekashi 6ix9ine becoming persona non grata to many in the rap community for testifying against New York City gang members after he was arrested on federal racketeering and weapons and drug charges in 2018. 6ix9ine negotiated a deal with prosecutors to testify against the Nine Trey Gangsters in exchange for a two-year reduced prison sentence.
Fong said the jail photo of Bankman-Fried is believed to have been taken on Dec. 17. He told that this is probably his first picture since he was thrown into MDC in August 2023.
Bankman-Fried landed at the MDC ahead of her trial last fall. For nearly a year, Bankman-Fried was under house arrest after her parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, secured a $250 million bond with the help of wealthy Stanford associates. While under house arrest, Bankman-Fried lived in her parents’ spacious home on the Stanford University campus and engaged in interviews with journalists, including Fong and her biographer Michael Lewis. But his detention ended when a judge revoked his bail after prosecutors accused him of intimidating witnesses.
During Bankman-Fried’s trial last fall, no photographs were allowed in the courtroom, Fong said. The trial ended in early November when a jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy related to the theft of billions of dollars from the accounts of customers of her crypto exchange FTX. He was also found guilty of defrauding lenders to FTX’s affiliate, hedge fund Alameda Research, which held FTX client funds in a bank account.
The decision ended a year-long saga for Bankman-Fried, who was once hailed as crypto’s child wonder and an entrepreneur who had established himself as a prodigy and a force to be reckoned with among celebrities. , socialized with politicians and powerful people in the Middle East. He faces up to 110 years in prison when he is sentenced March 28.
