Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, in a low security US Federal Correctional Institution
The bankman-fried was transferred to the low security Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution. Previously, he was found at the Victorville medium-security facility, a well-known violent area, According to to firm consultant firm Elizabeth Franklin-Best.
Samuel Goldfaden, a partner in Crypto-Centric Lawfirm, said DLT Law Cointelegraph that while his former facility was violent, Bankmanfried was held at a safer part of the facility, addition:
“Sam Bankman-fried most of his detention in MDC Brooklyn’s safer dorm units, reported along with other high-profile prisoner inmates such as Sean P. Diddy to ensure his safety.”
To the “good” company
Terminal Island is located in San Pedro, California and homes involved in financial crime. According to Franklin, well -known prisoners in the facility are included
New York Ttorney Aaron Brogan told cointelegraph that the “non-violent note by Bankman-Fried could be properly integrated with a risk mark” that led him to this low security facility. Him It is said to be autismOn the other hand, it is not likely to have influence beyond the layers that play it as a card:
“I heard reports describing Sam as autistic, but that was within a particularly subclinical contemporary lens-Autism could be a frustrating condition, but Sam ended from MIT, established many billion dollars companies, and successfully destroyed millions of people.”
Goldfaden suggested a tie between Bankman-Fried interview with political commentator Tucker Carlson, who was not approved by prison authorities and Following the unification. He featured shortly after the interview, “was moved, to improved conditions and approaching his family.
A win for FTX co-founder
Brogan pointed out that lower security facilities are usually “better” and said that as a result he is more likely to be the victim of violent crime. could have a “slightly easier” time talking to his lawyers.
However, Brogan said that thoughts that are likely to be true, but not guaranteed and the change may be negative for bankman-fried instead:
“It’s hard to say from the outside, but it is generally expected by a lower security prisons to make such communication more difficult.”
The FTX co-founder appeal timeline will not be affected by the transfer, his seeking forgiveness. The move also raises questions about the noticeable diverse safety and rehabilitation environments that guilty of non-violent offenses find themselves.
However, Brogan said “the nature of the United States prison system.” He showed that “the prison system treats all prisoners without fairly, and almost no one cares.” He:
“It is a punishment and the masses of people want to be poor. There is some threshold of human being, but nothing has happened to Sam to come.”
