- Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX CEO, was put into solitary confinement because of an unauthorized interview with Tucker Carlson.
- He sits his 25-year-old prison sentence, to which he was condemned for multiple fraud with a damage amount of $ 11 billion.
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and ex-boss of the insolvent crypto tour FTX, was taken in solitary confinement in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. The disciplinary penalty was due to one Interviews with the political commentator Tucker Carlson, who was released on Carlsons YouTube channel on March 6th. The video, which already has 748,000 views, had not been approved by the prison management.
In the interview, Bankman-Fried spoke about his experience in prison, including about his dealings with the caught Sean “Diddy” Combs. Despite the difficult conditions of detention, Bankman-Fried Combs described as friendly and gave an insight into his daily life behind bars.
In addition to his accommodation, the interview also had a negative impact on him: Mark Botnick, his “crisis manager” since the collapse of FTX 2022, resigned in the course of the controversy and declared that he was not involved in the preparation of the interview. Botnick had previously taken care of Bankman-Frieds PR during his legal disputes, including his violations of the deposits.
Bankman-Fried’s hopes for a pardon by Trump
Bankman-Fried, who once owned $ 26 billion, reports on the pardon by President Donald Trump. As CNF reportedpardoned Donald Trump Ross Ross, the operator of the founder of the now dissolved criminal Darknet marketplace Silk Road, who had been in prison for 12 years. This step has led to speculation that Bankman-Fried may hope for a similar result.
Bankman Fried also informed his thoughts about the future of cryptocurrencies under the Trump administration. He expressed optimistic and noticed
“Hopefully, I would say. If you look at what the Trump administration said when you took office, there are a lot of good things. ”
He criticized the financial supervisory authorities for their rigid attitude towards cryptocurrencies and declared,
“They are large, huge bureaucracies in the federal government. You are not used to changing overnight. You have played a really obvious role in cryptocurrency for a decade. It is 30% of the global financial system, but only 5% of global cryptocurrency. The reason for this is exclusively regulatory nature. It is particularly difficult with the USA to work together. “
Bankman-Fried is currently serving 25 years of prison for fraud and money laundering in connection with the collapse of FTX. Due to the decline of the stock exchange, investors were betrayed by $ 11 billion, which makes him one of the largest financial scandals in the history of cryptocurrency.
After the publication of the interview reported The crypto forecast platform Polymarket March 7 that “the chances of pardon have almost doubled.” In the meantime, FTX Digital Markets, the subsidiary of the collapsed stock exchange on the Bahamas, has started with the repayment to the creditors. The repayment process, which began on February 18, prioritizes claims up to $ 50,000, with the next round planned for May 30th.
