Posted 11/24/2023, 3:03:00 PM
Bankman-Fried Adjusts to Jail Life of Mackerel Trades and Crypto Tips for Guards
- Bankrupt FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is adjusting to life in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center
- He traded pouches of mackerel ("macks") for a haircut, as cigarettes are now banned and mackerel has become prison currency
- His cellmates include a former Honduran president and senior Mexican police officer
- He has access to a laptop for legal material and weekly non-attorney visitors
- Bankman-Fried has been giving crypto tips to the prison guards