SBF moved from NYC jail to Oklahoma prison to start serving 25-year sentence
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX boss convicted of fraud, has been moved out of a federal jail in New York City and is now sitting in a federal transfer facility in Oklahoma City. The Federal Bureau of Prisons updated his status early Thursday. He had been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since August 2023 while awaiting permanent placement. This latest transfer means the Bureau has officially started the process of placing SBF in a long-term prison to serve his 25-year sentence. Until Wednesday, SBF was locked up on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn jail, a section used for high-profile inmates. That’s the same area where people like Sean “Diddy” Combs and Luigi Mangione have been housed. Source: Federal Bureau of Prisons The Oklahoma facility is used for inmates being moved between federal prisons across the country. It’s not yet known where Sam will end up, but his transfer out of New York signals a new chapter in his prison time. SBF used fake lawyer call to pull off Tucker Carlson interview Before he was moved, Sam managed to cause chaos from inside the jail. In early March, he recorded a video interview with Tucker Carlson, a close Trump ally, without approval from prison officials. The interview appeared online shortly after it happened. Prison policy normally requires pre-approval for any media interaction, but SBF got around it by passing the interview off as a video call with his lawyer, according to Larry Levine, a prison consultant and ex-inmate. “He probably called it a legal visit. They allowed him to use the system for an unmonitored video visit,” Larry told Fortune. That move led to immediate consequences. The New York Times reported that jail officials had no idea the Carlson interview was happening and didn’t authorize it. The…
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