१४ डिसेंबर, २०२२

"Fallen crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is being held in a Bahamian jail known to be overrun with rats and maggots..."

"... one so bad that a warden has called it 'not fit for humanity.' The accused fraudster, once estimated to be worth $32 billion, is being held in the island’s only correctional facility, Fox Hill Prison, until at least Feb. 8 after failing to get bail while fighting against extradition to the US. The jail was the focus of a damning report last year by the US Department of State into possible human rights violations, including violence and abuse by staff. 'Inmates removed human waste by bucket,' the government report noted of the jail where often six inmates are crammed into tiny cells that are only 6 feet by 10 feet. 'Some inmates developed bedsores from lying on bare ground,' the report said...."

The NY Post reports.

६४ टिप्पण्या:

Achilles म्हणाले...

He was about to start being questioned about where all that money went.

SBF did not kill himself.

Oh Yea म्हणाले...

So how hard does he want to fight extradition?

Dagwood म्हणाले...

I'm amazed the rats and maggots can stand to cohabit with him.

Vance म्हणाले...

Sounds like a place the US government should transfer the Jan 6 political prisoners they are still holding to.

it would be an upgrade over the conditions the Biden government is inflicting on people they don't like in Garland's concentration camp.

Old and slow म्हणाले...

Hard to muster up much sympathy for the guy. What a poster-boy he is for the degenerate progressive left.

DAN म्हणाले...

Are they real rats and maggots or crypto rats and maggots?

The Drill SGT म्हणाले...

The is a lesson in there about picking your offshore tax haven without extradition

Big Mike म्हणाले...

How the mighty have fallen.

"And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. ..."

Leland म्हणाले...

Sounds like NYC.

rehajm म्हणाले...

So…State investigates human rights violations in prisons? Just foreign ones, or…?

Michael म्हणाले...

Bet he won’t fight extradition very hard after a few weeks in that prison.

Gem Quincyite म्हणाले...

He may forgo fighting extradition, just to get to Brooklyn Federal Court center.

john म्हणाले...

He would already be in a US jail if there was interest. Fighting extradition and being in that Bahamian jail are two separate things, not necessairly related.

I would be worried about an "Epstein Incident".

Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...

Insider reports that at his hearing SBFs parents showed up. And his mother found the naming of her son a “fugitive” hilarious.

JAORE म्हणाले...

Maybe we could swap Brittney Griner for him?

(I keed, I keed.)

The worst part is no vegan menu. Oh the HUMANITY.

Look, this jack wad defrauded thousands. Then he pops over to the Bahamas. My sympathy level is mighty low.

Should have used this new world-wide-web thingee to see who had the most comfy jails.

RideSpaceMountain म्हणाले...

OH NO! Anyway...

RideSpaceMountain म्हणाले...

Sounds like the type of place where one would absolutely positively not try to kill themselves. Nope.

I mean...they don't even have video recorders to turn off, do they?

Readering म्हणाले...

I guess he should have caught a plane to DC to meet with the House. Wonder if the feds foresaw this this schedule when they requested his arrest. Softens him up for cooperation.

Jess म्हणाले...

That's a bummer. I'm betting he wishes he took the first few million he stole and disappeared.

Readering म्हणाले...

Read Binance CEO opine that the vast majority of people holding crypto in "cold" wallet will lose it for one reason or another.

Brylinski म्हणाले...

Sammy Davis, Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNWhVXcjV8

Dave Begley म्हणाले...

Tough shit. He stole billions. Allegedly.

His parents - two law professors at Stanford - bear some real moral responsibility for raising this idiot crook.

mezzrow म्हणाले...

Cue up Zappa's The Torture never Stops.

Somebody flew a little too close to the sun. Or, he's in a luxury suite and this is disinformation. Time may or may not tell.

Brylinski म्हणाले...

Better: Sammy Davis, Jr. live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udrJU4dUXAA

Ron Winkleheimer म्हणाले...

My guess is that he has a lot of cash stashed in the Caymans, so he approaches the warden and offers up bribes to be kept out of the general population.

Gusty Winds म्हणाले...

Wow. When the Democrats throw you overboard to cover their asses they're not kidding.

He's going to really wish it was Maxine Waters blowing him kisses.

"Hey man. Sammy boy. Ja man...Dats right. You der. Sammy. Come here. My friends want to know how altruistic you feeling today..."

Breezy म्हणाले...

Will Sam the Bankman be Freed or Fried (figuratively)?

The Tangerine Tornado म्हणाले...

People in San Francisco are imprisoned daily under such conditions for much lesser crimes. But eventually the BART train arrives at their station and they are freed, at least until their early evening confinement period begins.

Bonkti म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
D.D. Driver म्हणाले...

"I wish to be rich." Monkey Paw lowers one finger.
"I wish to spend eternity in the Carribean." Monkey Paw lowers another finger.

YoungHegelian म्हणाले...

SBF really is afflicted with what will probably turn into terminal stupidity. It's just amazing to try and figure out how such a human being was able to swindle so many people who should have known better.

He should have flown to Florida, turned himself in to the Democrat-friendly FBI, got himself a good lawyer, and then STFUA.

But, nope, he stayed in what is a 3rd world country. A really nice 3rd world country, but still.

Tim म्हणाले...

Sounds like ne needs to stop fighting extradition and come home to where the jails are humane. Of course, at that point, he will be suicided so fast he will never get a chance to talk. No, his best bet is to bring in court stenographers and lawyers right where he is and start talking and talking fast. Unless he prefers being suicided to doing his 10 to 20 in prison.

minnesota farm guy म्हणाले...

Hell, extradite him to Portsmouth Naval Prison I hear it's a real vacation spot. Oops, it's been decommissioned. Leavenworth then. Or just put him in basic at Parris Island. I am sure they have vegetables there.

Michael K म्हणाले...

At least he is not having to testify in front of those icky Republicans.

TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed म्हणाले...

Maybe he donated to Amnesty International and they can name him a 'political prisoner' and start a pressure campaign for his comfort or release. They've worked for worse...

TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed म्हणाले...

Maybe he donated to Amnesty International and they can name him a 'political prisoner' and start a pressure campaign for his comfort or release. They've worked for worse...

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

How can you get a 'bedsore' if it's not from a bed?

Am surprised AA didn't catch this : )

Humperdink म्हणाले...

His Stanford law professor father gave him legal advice? Maybe SBF should have sought out a Cooley Law School faculty member instead.

Andrew म्हणाले...

As with other commenters here, I don't think he'll make it to February. Either because he knows too much, and Epstein didn't kill himself, or because his fellow inmates don't take kindly to a pretentious entrepreneur with his nose in the air. Or as Red described Andy, the "tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass."

Amadeus 48 म्हणाले...

Yeah. Too bad for Sam. He should not have worked that giant fraud and stolen all that money. Sam may not have heard, but taking client funds and using them to cover his bad proprietary trades is stealing.

It is going to be tough for Sam to stay vegan, too. I'll bet he appears at some point in this saga as a woman (see Bradley/Chelsea Manning).

Of course, if they let him out on bail, he'd do the Brazil trade, as they say at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

I am sorry this is happening to him. Best of luck.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"How can you get a 'bedsore' if it's not from a bed?"

I would think you'd be more likely to get bedsores from sleeping (and sitting) on the floor. It's all about the pressure. They're also called "pressure ulcers."

Paul म्हणाले...

"... one so bad that a warden has called it 'not fit for humanity.'

I don't give a shit. He destroyed many lives... he is no different than any two-bit con man.

Nothing makes him special.

He is were he his... and he should have thought about that before ripping people off.

gspencer म्हणाले...

"[O]verrun with rats and maggots"

This SBF character will fit right in along with all his Democrats friends like Maxie Waters.

Rusty म्हणाले...

Readering said...
"I guess he should have caught a plane to DC to meet with the House. Wonder if the feds foresaw this this schedule when they requested his arrest. Softens him up for cooperation."
When he's in custody the feds can determine who he talks to and when he commits suicide.

Marcus Bressler म्हणाले...

I don't remember many stories about the January 6 protest people that were incarcerated for months being in jails that were not nice. But that's to be expected.

Marcus B. THEOLDMAN

Eric म्हणाले...

A sophisticated analysis of the risks of his business would have foreseen this possibility, so he's fine.

Jupiter म्हणाले...

It has been pointed out by several commentators that SBF was about to testify before Congress. Anything he said would have been admissable in court. Most prosecutors would have been happy to allow that to take place. But for some reason, the SDNY did not, and they made sure it would not.

Jupiter म्हणाले...

"I don't remember many stories about the January 6 protest people that were incarcerated for months being in jails that were not nice. But that's to be expected."

Months? Almost a thousand of them have been held without bond or trial for over two years.

Howard म्हणाले...

Standard Russia bot responses: He's guilty until proven innocent, he'll be redrum'd, he's a Lefty so deserves it, but but but January 6th victims had it worst...

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

And thus begins the PR effort to get Bankman-Fried released to leave the Bahamas and land somewhere without extradition to the US.

madAsHell म्हणाले...

I'm sorry. I'm skeptical of EVERY report from a newspaper.

I thought he was taken by some US agency, and squirreled away in the States.

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Groomer Howard still looking for his dick.

n.n म्हणाले...

And thus begins the PR effort to get Bankman-Fried released to leave the Bahamas and land somewhere without extradition to the US.

Fifty shades of Roman "not rape-rape" h/t Whoopi Polanski. Also, sanctuary states where "burdens" h/t Obama of evidence are aborted in darkness.

Christopher B म्हणाले...

Amazing how as soon as his BFF Maxine Waters asked him to open his yap in front of a Congressional committee it went from "We're not quite sure he did anything really illegal" to locked in the equivalent of the Black Hole of Calcutta courtesy of the SDNY.

Krumhorn म्हणाले...

People in San Francisco are imprisoned daily under such conditions for much lesser crimes. But eventually the BART train arrives at their station and they are freed, at least until their early evening confinement period begins.

Now, THAT's funny!

- Krumhorn

TomHynes म्हणाले...

We should almost never hold people in prison until they are convicted. He is not going to flee. He is not going to crime again. As a society, we like that the government can punish people without all that stupid due process stuff. My beliefs apply to SBF and the grungiest drug dealer in Detroit.

Butkus51 म्हणाले...

Out of all the "dems" to bring down, hes far, far, far down the list for me. He's not even on the first page.

Balfegor म्हणाले...

Re: TomHynes:

We should almost never hold people in prison until they are convicted. He is not going to flee.

I would not consider him a low flight risk. Rather, I would put him in the highest category of flight risk -- the whole point of crypto is to give you money governments couldn't freeze or steal. I'm sure he has access to funds.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

BTW, after raising a child like that, I think his parents should be in the next cell.

tim maguire म्हणाले...

Is this the NYP admitting they got money from SBF? Why all this concern about rough conditions at the jail? Were they concerned about how the other prisoners are being treated? Did they write stories about the conditions at this jail before its famous inmate showed up? Will they follow up with more stories after he leaves? Or will they move on and forget about it again?

3john2 म्हणाले...

Already trending: SBF did not kill himself.

Michelle Dulak Thomson म्हणाले...

Look, how can a place -- any place -- be "overrun by maggots"? Rats, sure. But maggots can't run. They can't even walk.

Zev म्हणाले...

I'm against extracurricular punishment being meted out in prisons, whether by the guards or the inmates, or by inhumane conditions.
And that goes double for someone who has not yet been tried, convicted or sentenced.

Zev म्हणाले...

But maggots can't run. They can't even walk

they run at maggot speed