This is a huge red flag. Bankman-Fried is acting like the fix is already in.

I won't believe this guy is actually going to prison until they slam the iron bars closed behind him.

I doubt any organized crime was using FTX. And if they were, he seems mart enough to pay them back first. But if there was some smallish organization of contraband dealers using FTX and he didn't know? White collar prison isn't his worst case outcome.

As said earlier he has bribed the right big fish. But ignoring angry medium fish can be a problem. Also those might not be bribes. It might be a way to launder money into campaign contributions. Not that you really need that in the US now.

If you're trusting what SBF is implying about a fix being in, well I have some FTT to sell you.

The guy is going to jail. If you want to make a bet on it, I'm willing to do so.