{"id":72991,"date":"2023-01-24T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=72991"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:37:03","slug":"house-linked-to-sam-bankman-fried-goes-on-sale-for-3-28-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/house-linked-to-sam-bankman-fried-goes-on-sale-for-3-28-million\/","title":{"rendered":"House linked to Sam Bankman-Fried goes on sale for $3.28 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington townhouse linked to the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ftx-group-files-for-bankruptcy-sam-bankman-fried-resigns-as-ceo\">the bankrupt exchange FTX<\/a> Sam Bankman-Fried is on the market for $3.28 million.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2022, the property was purchased for a similar amount by Guardians Against Pandemics, a nonprofit run by the brother of the former head of the exchange, Gabe Bankman-Fried.<\/p>\n<p>The four-story home, spanning 4,100 square feet (380.9 square metres), has four bedrooms and five bathrooms.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/JfiwHfMZvH2A-g8-fhC6kiHyVrUTMcrXm1mSpinCgPni-Fle1n9izdApStVulb0fxGKGstlcl8BTKvQ-FBt0Nbc0_8bmRHCSFnc4RrTxK8a17AxJo4KsH5bTYJokXtvwtsQpjWuALMkmHqi40uxInuKaLHUIe6NCnSZrJZV8o3OsNU1MmmMTH6KUSC_CxA\" alt=\"House once owned by Sam Bankman-Fried put up for sale for $3.28 million\"\/><figcaption>Data: Pearson Smith Realty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly before FTX&#8217;s collapse, representatives of Guardians Against Pandemics hosted two parties at the home \u2014 one for &#8220;high-ranking Democrats&#8221; and Republican leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The sale is being handled by Pearson Smith Realty.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried faces <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-court-unveils-charges-against-sam-bankman-fried\">eight criminal charges<\/a>, carrying a maximum sentence of up to 115 years.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the founder of FTX <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bahamas-authorities-arrest-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried\">arrested<\/a> in the Bahamas and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/media-reports-sam-bankman-fried-agrees-to-extradition-to-the-united-states\">extradited<\/a> to the United States. A New York court released him on bail of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/court-grants-250m-bail-for-sam-bankman-fried\">$250 million<\/a>, SBF <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sam-bankman-fried-refuses-to-plead-guilty-trial-set-for-october\">refused to plead guilty to all counts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, U.S. federal prosecutors seized assets worth <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/u-s-prosecutors-seize-nearly-700-million-from-sam-bankman-fried\">$697 million<\/a> from Bankman-Fried. The bulk consists of 55.2 million Robinhood shares, which were valued at about $526 million at the close of trading on January 21.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington townhouse linked to the founder of the collapsed FTX exchange Sam Bankman-Fried is on the market for $3.28 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1236,673,1403],"class_list":["post-72991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ftx","tag-real-estate","tag-sam-bankman-fried"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72993,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72991\/revisions\/72993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}