SBF’s latest prison photos exposed: How is this former billionaire doing in prison?

Author: Tom Mitchelhill, CoinTelegraph; Compiled by: Deng Tong, Golden Finance

In a newly exposed photo purportedly taken at the Metropolitan Detention Center in New York, former billionaire SBF banker Got a new beard and a slimmer waist.

This photo was shared by independent crypto journalist Tiffany Fong during an interview with a former MDC prison inmate known as “G Lock.”

Fong said the photo was the "first and only" photo released by Sam Bankman-Fried since he was jailed in August 2023 after being found guilty of fraud.

According to reports, this The photo was taken on December 17th. In the photo, the bearded SBF stands with five other prisoners and looks visibly slimmer.

Fong also uploaded a currently unpublished clip of an interview with G Lock, who he had contact with while serving time in SBF.

"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, but he's obviously been through a lot now," Fong said.

G. Locke described SBF as "weird as hell" but admitted that he thought he was a "good guy".

While SBF did not shave or take a shower, G Lock said he did not have a too hard time in prison, adding that the former FTX CEO suffered no serious injuries during his time at MDC violence or intimidation.

It is worth noting that G Lock described SBF as more "gangster-like" than American rapper Tekashi Six Nine because, unlike the rapper, SBF never "snitched" in prison anyone.

Members of the crypto community were quick to comment on the newly emerged photo.

Pseudonymous trader IamNomad said: "If that's really SBF, then prison life is not good for him."

Meanwhile, others joked that SBF was in jail Forced to "join a gang."

"SBF looks like it's about to release album of the year," another user joked.

At the end of the video, Fong says that SBF inmates also mocked him for dating Caroline Ellison, and that SBF watched the now-infamous 60 Minutes interview with his fellow inmates. , an interview with "The Big Short" author Michael Lewis, released to coincide with his biography "The Endless Road: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon."