See inside the $35 million ‘Orchid’ penthouse Sam Bankman-Fried lived in, with floor-to-ceiling ocean views and a rooftop pool

by GRACE KAY, KATIE BALEVIC, & JACOB SHAMSIAN

Prosecutors shared photos of Sam Bankman-Fried’s $35 million penthouse in the criminal trial against the FTX cofounder. IMAGE/The US Department of Justice
Prosecutors shared photos of Sam Bankman-Fried’s $35 million penthouse in the criminal trial against the FTX cofounder. IMAGE/The US Department of Justice

Prosecutors pointed to Sam Bankman-Fried’s lavish lifestyle during the criminal trial against the FTX cofounder, sharing photos of the penthouse condo in the Bahamas that Sam Bankman-Fried once lived in, which they said was worth about $35 million.

Bankman-Fried’s lawyers had requested some of the photos of the condo be kept out of evidence, but Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the request.

Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the court in New York, on January 03, 2023.
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In the trial, which started Tuesday, Bankman-Fried is being accused of fleecing FTX customers and investors out of billions of dollars, some of which is said to have been used for personal or family-related real-estate purchases, and commingling funds between his cryptocurrency-exchange platform and its affiliated hedge fund, Alameda Research.

Take a look inside the condo where Bankman-Fried and his coworkers spent much of their time.

The 600-acre Albany community was founded by a group of investors that included several celebrities such as Tiger Woods, Will Smith, and Justin Timberlake, Fortune previously reported.

Between 2020 and 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried, his parents, and some of the executives at his companies bought about 19 different properties in the Bahamas, Reuters reported last year.

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