New Details Emerge about SBF’s Life in Prison
A former inmate at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center has revealed details of Bankman-Fried’s life in prison leading up to his landmark fraud trial.
Talking to crypto content creator, Tiffany Fong, former inmate Gene Borello claimed the FTX founder was at one point on suicide watch and did not eat or shower for several days.
Borello and Bankman-Fried were housed alongside each other at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as the FTX founder awaited the chance to present his case.
Borello claims a fellow inmate attempted to extort the “timid” Bankman-Fried by suggesting he pay a fellow inmate for “protection,” claiming “they knew he had a lot of money.”
Subsequently, Borello confronted the prisoner in Bankman-Fried’s defense, leading to a physical altercation that caused Borello to spend time in solitary confinement.
“You could tell he didn’t want to be there,” Borello said of Bankman-Fried. “He was just nervous.”
Moreover, Borello claimed Bankman-Fried “just didn’t understand” that he could face a sentence that would amount to life in prison.
According to an alleged conversation Fong had with the FTX founder, Bankman-Fried said he believed his chances of getting off with no jail time were “around 50/50.”
“He believed he was only getting twenty years,” Borello said.
While Bankman-Fried’s sentencing is not scheduled until March 28th, 2024, the former FTX CEO and founder could face a maximum sentence of 115 years in prison, a term length Borello disagrees with.
“You mean to tell me that a guy who stole money is going to get life in prison and never hurt a person in his life?” Borello told Fong. “I don’t agree with that.”
On November 2nd, Bankman-Fried was found guilty on seven different fraud-related charges
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