- Tiffany Fong uploaded a picture For what appears to be a shabby-looking Sam Bankman-Fried to X.
- The creator said she got the photo from a prisoner and former gang member named “G Lock.”
- “I heard he doesn't shower often,” Fong said of Bankman-Fried.
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried is looking dirtier in prison, according to A.J picture Obtained by cryptographic influencer Tiffany Fung.
Fong said she got the photo from a man named J Lok, a former gang member who was in prison with Bankman Fried.
“According to G Lock, these photos were taken on December 17, 2023, because apparently inmates are only allowed to take photos on Christmas and Father’s Day,” Fung said in a video post on X on Monday.
Fung said she obscured the faces of other prisoners for privacy reasons. In the photo, the man she identified as “G Lock” can be seen standing next to what appears to be a disheveled-looking Bankman Fried.
“He's obviously lost some weight, and I heard he doesn't shower as often. He's not as clean-shaven as he used to be,” Fong said in her video. “But he's obviously going through a lot right now.”
Representative of Pinkman Fried He declined to comment on Fong's photo when reached for comment by BI.
Bankman-Fried has been at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since August. He was initially placed on house arrest but was placed on remand after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said there was probable cause to believe he attempted to “tamper with witnesses.”
Brooklyn Prison is notorious for its poor living conditions, with one former warden describing it as “the most troubled facility in the Bureau of Prisons.”
Besides struggling with hygiene standards in the prison, Bankman-Fried also has to figure out how to pass time without the internet as inmates are only allowed radios or MP3 players.
In November, a jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy at his criminal trial in Manhattan federal court.
Bankman Fried, formerly known as the golden boy of cryptocurrencies, could face up to 110 years in prison on these charges. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 28.
Representatives for the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.
