- Sam Bankman-Fried was moved to a federal transit facility in Oklahoma after an unauthorized interview with Tucker Carlson.
- The surprise relocation came after he spoke publicly about prison life and his friendship with Diddy.
- The interview reportedly landed him in solitary and is seen as part of a long-shot bid for a Trump pardon.
Sam Bankman-Fried just got moved. Again.
The ex-crypto king, now a convicted fraudster, was quietly transferred from his cell in Brooklyn’s notoriously grim Metropolitan Detention Center to a federal transit facility out in Oklahoma City. This all happened not long after he gave a surprise (and reportedly unauthorized) video interview with Tucker Carlson. Timing’s… interesting.
According to prison records, SBF—who’s 33 now and serving a 25-year sentence for stealing billions (yeah, with a b) from FTX customers—is currently being held at FTC Oklahoma City. That’s basically a pit stop prison for inmates on the move across the federal system. Not a permanent stay, most likely.
Middle-of-the-Night Wake-Up Call
The Wall Street Journal says guards came for him at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday. No heads-up. No explanation. Just a knock, a shuffle, and gone. Apparently, no one told him where he was going or why. Gotta love transparency, right?
He’d been at MDC Brooklyn for the past year and a half, sharing space with some big names—like Sean “Diddy” Combs. Yep, that Diddy. And according to Bankman-Fried, they got along just fine.
SBF Gets Real in Interview with Tucker
In the interview, which dropped on YouTube March 6, Sam opened up a bit about life inside and his unlikely friendship with Diddy.
“He’s been kind to people in the unit,” Sam said. “It’s a position no one wants to be in. Obviously he doesn’t, I don’t. It’s kind of a soul-crushing place.”
He also commented on how the prison strips everyone down to just who they are in the moment—not their image, not their headlines. “What we see are just the people around us on the inside,” he told Carlson.
Solitary and Speculation
That interview reportedly got him tossed into solitary confinement—possibly as a punishment for doing press without permission. And now this relocation? It’s raising eyebrows. There’s no official reason given for the transfer yet, but the timing isn’t subtle.
The New York Post reached out to his legal team, but—no surprise—no word back so far.
Still Hoping for a Trump Pardon?
The interview is seen by some as part of a long-shot attempt to catch the attention of former President Donald Trump, maybe even to earn a pardon. SBF’s recent comments show he’s shifted politically too, criticizing the Biden DOJ and suggesting Republicans have been “far more reasonable.”
Might be a little late for political pivots, but hey, he’s got time—25 years of it.
