Sam Bankman-Fried says he was pinned as “the fall guy” for FTX as he plans to appeal his fraud and money laundering convictions.
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried still maintains his innocence despite getting 25 years in jail for fraud and while he plans his appeal, he’s taken to commodities trading — namely bags of rice.
He looked Cohan in the eyes “pretty much the whole time," during the interview — something he “rarely did” before — but the jailed founder admitted he’d “become good at faking” that he was doing well.Bankman-Fried is cordoned off with 35 other male inmates — half reportedly murderers who are cooperating with the government — in a large open dorm-style room in a part of the MDC mostly for female inmates.
He speaks to his new lawyer “nearly every weekday for an hour or so” and his approved prescription medication has him “thinking clearly," said Cohan.
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