--- title: "Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time”" description: "Mark Cuban, who's currently being sued for his role with the bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital, thinks Sam Bankman-Fried should fear prison." date: "2022-11-29" modified: "2022-11-29" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/mark-cuban-sbf-afraid-imprisonment" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Future Society" tags: - "crypto" - "ftx" - "the digest" - "voyager" --- # Mark Cuban Says SBF Should Be Afraid of Imprisonment “For a Long Time” ![Mark Cuban, who's currently being sued for his role with the bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital, thinks Sam Bankman-Fried should fear prison.]() *\Image: Christian Petersen via Getty / Futurism\* ## Sure Sounds Bad Billionaire crypto evangelist Mark Cuban, who's [currently being sued]() for his involvement with the bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital *by the same law firm* representing the class action suit against disgraced ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried *for* *extremely similar reasons*, thinks that SBF should be "afraid" of "jail." Noted! "I don't know all the details," Cuban [told *TMZ*]() when asked what he thinks about the FTX fallout, "but if I were him, I'd be afraid of going to jail for a long time." He also added that Bankman-Fried's situation "sure sounds bad," to which [we would agree](). But that being said, the "Shark Tank" star's own crypto mess — and the ongoing lawsuit that's come of it — sure sounds pretty bad too, especially considering that like SBF, Cuban is accused of [hawking unregistered securities]() in the form of high-yield crypto bank accounts. ## Find the Difference There *are* some notable differences in the cases against Voyager and FTX, mostly having to do with scale. Voyager swallowed a lot of [user funds](), but the platform wasn't nearly as large as FTX. In the same vein, the Voyager suit names significantly fewer defendants — just Cuban, Voyager CEO Stephen Ehrlich, and the Cuban-owned Dallas Mavericks organization — while the FTX filing tallies a total of 11 celebrities. Still, the accusations remain similar: that both exchanges used celebrity promotion to sway inexperienced investors into purchasing unstable, allegedly yield-bearing securities. ## Karma Is My Boyfriend It's worth mentioning that the Mavericks owner may have been a bit screwed over by the FTX crash himself. FTX was [supposed to purchase]() Voyager to save it from crypto doom, but once FTX collapsed, that deal [went kaput](), too. Still, regardless of Cuban — or SBF's — situation, the "Shark Tank" shark says he remains crypto faithful. "There's been a lot of people making a lot of mistakes, but it doesn't change the underlying value of the applications," he told *TMZ*, though failed to say whether he's one of the "people" who's made any "mistakes." **More on the Voyager and FTX suits:** *[Behind the Lawsuit Against Celebs Who Shilled FTX Before Its Spectacular Meltdown]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()