Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has beef with the cooks at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Lawyers for the 31-year-old, who is facing eight federal charges including wire fraud, complained Tuesday that he is not getting the vegan dishes he wants behind bars and has had to live off bread, water, and peanut butter.Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn said she didn't think the prison, one of the most notorious in New York, had a vegan option but would look into it.
His lawyers also argued that he could not prepare for his Oct. 3 trial without proper access to computers at the detention center as well as medication to help him focus and a better-balanced meal. Bankman-Fried was extradited from the Bahamas in December and has pleaded not guilty to seven charges, including wire fraud and multiple conspiracy counts. Prosecutors claim he siphoned billions of dollars from FTX customer deposits and spent lavishly on himself, his business, charities, and illegal campaign contributions aimed at creating regulations that favor cryptocurrency.He had been granted house arrest ahead of his October trial but had his $250 million bail revoked on Aug.
"He has gone up to the line over and over again, and I am going to revoke bail," Judge Lewis Kaplan said.
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