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  1. BornSamuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried · March 5, 1992 · Stanford, California, U.S.
    ParentsJoseph Bankman (father) · Barbara Fried (mother)
    RelativesLinda P. Fried (aunt) · Gabriel Bankman-Fried (brother)
    Early life and education

    Bankman-Fried was born on March 5, 1992, in an upper-middle class Jewish family in Stanford, California. He is the son of Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman, both professors at Stanford Law School. His grandmoth… See more

    Career

    In the summer of 2013, Bankman-Fried worked as an intern at Jane Street Capital, a proprietary trading firm, trading international ETFs. He returned there to work full-time after graduating from MIT. In September … See more

    Arrest and charges

    On December 12, 2022, Bankman-Fried was arrested shortly after 6:00 p.m. in his apartment complex in New Providence, Bahamas by the Royal Bahamas Police Force, with the expectation that he would be … See more

    United States v. Bankman-Fried

    The trial began on October 3, 2023, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan, presided over by Judge Lewis Kaplan. Bankman-Fried faced seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. The Guardian summarized … See more