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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,297 posts)
Mon Aug 14, 2023, 07:47 PM Aug 2023

'The existence is pretty bleak': The harsh conditions Sam Bankman-Fried will face behind bars

When a federal judge revoked bail for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled crypto entrepreneur was sent to a crowded Brooklyn administrative prison known for grueling conditions as he awaits trial in October.

"The existence is pretty bleak," Christopher Zoukis, managing director of the Zoukis Consulting Group, told Yahoo Finance of the facility and those like it known as "MDCs," or Metropolitan Detention Centers.

Federal prosecutors had alleged Bankman-Fried, 31, violated his bail agreement by communicating with a New York Times reporter about Caroline Ellison, his former girlfriend who previously served as CEO of Alameda Research, an FTX-affiliated hedge fund that prosecutors claim Bankman-Fried used to misappropriate FTX customer funds.

Ellison has plead guilty to multiple fraud charges and entered a plea deal to testify against Bankman-Fried.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-existence-is-pretty-bleak-the-harsh-conditions-sam-bankman-fried-will-face-behind-bars-202511231.html

Sucks to be him.

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'The existence is pretty bleak': The harsh conditions Sam Bankman-Fried will face behind bars (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2023 OP
Ahhh ... the sorrows of UpInArms Aug 2023 #1
So...no conjugal visits? brooklynite Aug 2023 #2
Maybe not the type he's expecting.... erronis Aug 2023 #3
Okay.... rdchili96 Aug 2023 #4

rdchili96

(175 posts)
4. Okay....
Tue Aug 15, 2023, 05:55 AM
Aug 2023

Elizabeth Holmes is in jail for lying to investors. Sam Fried will be going to jail. Now if we can get Elon Musk in jail for lying to investors like Elizabeth Holmes was, it would be great for America.

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