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<p class="is-style-lead">Famed crypto YouTuber and SBF insider Tiffany Fong goes on record saying the infamous image of the famed ex-FTX CEO circulating on the internet is legit.</p> 
<p>Independent crypto reporter Tiffany Fong shared a photo of the founder of the collapsed FTX crypto exchange, describing the image as the “first and only” photo of Sam Bankman-Fried to be released since he was jailed after being convicted of fraud in August 2023.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guys, I normally wouldn’t mind if someone reposts my photo &amp; doesn’t credit me, but I literally had to get this photo of Sam Bankman-Fried from prison inmates. 🤣 (I censored faces for their privacy other than G Lock who I interviewed.) <a href="https://t.co/rJF0SXZ7Wf" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/rJF0SXZ7Wf</a></p>— Tiffany Fong (@TiffanyFong_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TiffanyFong_/status/1759784032907510264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 20, 2024</a>
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<p>In the photo, reportedly taken on Dec. 17, 2023, Bankman-Fried sports a beard and appears noticeably thinner while standing next to five other inmates.</p> 
<p> You might also like: <a href="https://crypto.news/u-s-attorney-says-sam-bankman-frieds-fraud-case-is-old-as-time/"> U.S. attorney says Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud case is “old as time” </a> </p> 
<p>The journalist also published a fragment of an interview with another prisoner under the alias G-Lock, who communicated with Bankman-Fried. He described the FTX founder as strange, but admitted that he considered him a good guy.</p> 
<p>‪“Sam Bankman was clean shaven, you heard, now he’s scruffier than a motherfucker,” G Lock, an alleged member of the Bloods gang, told Fong in an excerpt from a post release interview that will be released in full on her YouTube channel next week. </p> 
<p>A member of the crypto community was quick to comment on the photo. One user admitted that he felt sorry for Bankman-Fried despite losing money due to <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/ftx/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">FTX</a>.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">I feel really sorry for him. It’s really hard to think how it feels in a prison but in the end he robbed me and my 20 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24eth&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$eth</a> so I think he deserves to be there 🤣</p>— Djani (@DjaniWhaleSkul) <a href="https://twitter.com/DjaniWhaleSkul/status/1759869421042938295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 20, 2024</a>
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<p>Another user said he wished FTX management had used their brains.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">if only he and his fellow wiz kids at FTX uses those brains to do good in the crypto community, they'll still have those accolades, leadership, fame and reputation in the space. I'm sure more money will follow along the way. Instead of this sad ending 🙁</p>— Markymark 🛸 (@marktrey101) <a href="https://twitter.com/marktrey101/status/1759817433031069803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">February 20, 2024</a>
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<p>On Nov. 2, 2023, the jury <a href="https://crypto.news/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-is-guilty-to-all-charges-crypto-community-reacts/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">returned</a> a verdict in the case of the ex-CEO of FTX. The court found Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts.</p> 
<p> Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/ftx-saga-what-happened-to-ftx/"> FTX saga: what happened to FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried in 2023 </a> </p>

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