The former FTX CEO spent roughly a week at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, with many speculating authorities planned to send him to a California prison.
United States officials have returned former cryptocurrency exchange FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried to the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn after a brief stint at a transfer facility in Oklahoma.
As of June 4, inmate records for the Federal Bureau of Prisons showed that Bankman-Fried was being held at MDC Brooklyn after roughly a week at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. Many speculated that authorities intended to transfer the former FTX CEO to a San Francisco Bay Area prison near his parents’ California home.
It’s unclear what led to SBF’s return to New York. His lawyers had requested that the former FTX CEO remain at MDC Brooklyn to assist in his appeal of his conviction and sentencing. Judge Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York — who oversaw SBF’s criminal trial and sentencing — also recommended that he stay in the state.