Sam's Life in a Brooklyn Jail from "The Trial of Crypto's Golden Boy"

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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We’re back for Sam Bankman-Fried’s sentencing. After the crypto golden boy was found guilty on all counts in November, this week he’ll find out how long he will serve in federal prison. Caitlin Ostroff and Rachel Humphreys get an insight into Bankman-Fried’s life for the past few months, from unappetizing prison food to tutoring inmates. Further Listening: - The Trial of Crypto’s Golden Boy Further Reading: - Sam Bankman-Fried’s Life Behind Bars: Crypto Tips and Paying With Fish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Caitlin, we're back.
0:07.0	We're back.
0:10.0	Did we ever really leave?
0:11.0	It feels like Grandhog Day.
0:12.0	Yeah, it does a little bit, but we're actually back after a roughly five-month hiatus, which I almost can't believe,
0:18.0	because this is another big week in the Sam Bankman-Freed case.
0:22.0	This week, Bank-M-Mreed will be sentenced.
0:25.0	Yeah, and in some ways it all comes down to this week.
0:28.0	You'll remember he was found guilty on all of the seven charges he faced last November, and recently I got to go back to the
0:35.0	Southern District of New York courthouse for Bankman Freed's first appearance
0:38.7	since the verdict. Yeah a little bit of a sore point that you went to the
0:42.3	SDMY courthouse without me, Caitlin.
0:44.5	I told you about the hearing.
0:46.8	It was last minute.
0:47.8	I will produce the slack messages if required.
0:50.6	Okay, well, I'm sure you can just like make it up to me with a coffee at some point anyway.
0:54.3	But tell me about that hearing and what happened.
0:57.1	Yeah, so this was a hearing with Bankman Freed's new lawyers and it was the first time that I had seen him since November and he
1:05.9	looked very different during the trial he wore a suit and a tie and had a sharp
1:11.3	haircut but on this day, he was in ankle cuffs.
1:15.0	He was wearing this tan and vown jump suit,
1:18.0	and you could see he had lost a lot of weight
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