Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and perpetrator of the 2022 Mango Markets exploit Avraham Eisenberg are as soon as once more sharing the identical jail. It’s unclear at this stage if the 2 are ‘bunk buddies.’
Jail data present that Bankman-Fried was returned to the Metropolitan Detention Heart (MDC) in Brooklyn on June 4. He was beforehand held right here earlier than being transferred to the Federal Switch Heart in Oklahoma Metropolis on Could 23. He was then moved to a jail in Pennsylvania on his manner again to New York.
In the meantime, Eisenberg was moved to the MDC in November whereas awaiting trial and so shared the jail for a while with Bankman-Fried. Now, following the previous FTX chief’s transient tenure in Oklahoma, the pair are again serving time beneath the identical roof.
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The Brooklyn jail, which was as soon as described as ‘tougher than Guantánamo Bay,’ has acquired lower than stellar opinions. Certainly, Bankman-Fried’s legal professionals described it as having gradual web, soiled residing quarters, and a poor cafeteria. The jail additionally reportedly lacks heating and air con, doesn’t function a leisure jail yard, and is lit with fluorescent lighting 24/7.
Eisenberg has remained within the MDC since April 18 when he was discovered responsible of defrauding Mango Markets out of $110 million by way of the price manipulation of its perpetual futures contracts. Eisenberg is to be sentenced on July 29 the place he faces most sentences of 10 years and 20 years for his expenses.
Bankman-Fried, who was sentenced to 25 years in April, is presently interesting his conviction. In response to Bloomberg, the transfer again to Brooklyn was doubtless carried out to appease Choose Lewis Kaplan who requested that he stay within the metropolis “until his appeal has been fully briefed to facilitate access to appellate counsel.”
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