Sam Bankman-Fried's latest California prison once housed Al Capone

Apr 17 2025 bitcoin


US authorities relocated the former FTX CEO to the Federal Correctional Institution in Terminal Island after he participated in a reportedly unsanctioned interview.

Former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried has moved from a transit facility to a California prison that once housed infamous gangster Al Capone.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, officials moved Bankman-Fried from the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City briefly to the Federal Correctional Institution in Victorville before transferring him to a facility in Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California.

The federal institution was once home to criminals like former Theranos chief operating officer Ramesh Balwani and Capone, who was convicted of tax evasion in 1931.

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