Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried Set To Leave Prison Four Years Early As ‘Good Conduct’ Credits Trim His 25-Year Sentence
Posted On May 27, 2025
Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen cryptocurrency mogul who once promised to “build the future of finance,” is now projected to walk out of federal custody on Dec. 14, 2044, more than four years earlier than the 25-year sentence he received last spring.
What Happened: The Federal Bureau of Prisons lists the new date on its inmate database, reflecting automatic “good conduct time” credits that can cut up to 54 days from each year of a sentence. Additional reductions for rehabilitation programs and time served before trial are also possible, a spokesman told Business Insider.
Bankman-Fried was jailed two months ahead of his 2023 trial after he showed a journalist private writings by his …