The U.S. Division of Justice (DOJ) is searching for to stifle Sam Bankman-Fried’s communications with FTX and Alameda Analysis staff earlier than his trial.
In a brand new courtroom submitting, the DOJ asks for a ruling that will minimize off Bankman-Fried’s entry to all present and former staff of the embattled crypto companies as they could be liable to intimidation.
“The Authorities is searching for to restrict the defendant’s contact solely with present and former FTX and Alameda staff, the very individuals who till just lately had been the defendant’s underlings whom he supervised and financially compensated, and who’re subsequently most weak to intimidation.
The Authorities doesn’t take into account it administrable to establish a extra restricted subset of former and present staff whom the defendant could not contact – the Authorities has not accomplished its investigation and remains to be figuring out people with info related to the fees who could also be potential trial witnesses.”
In keeping with the DOJ, Bankman-Fried has already tried to contact a witness, asking if they might reconnect to make use of one another as sources.
“It has just lately come to the Authorities’s consideration that the defendant has been in direct communication with the present Normal Counsel of FTX US who could also be a witness at trial (‘Witness-1’), and who’s represented by counsel. Particularly, on January 15, 2023, the defendant contacted Witness-1 over the encrypted messaging utility Sign, in addition to by electronic mail.”
FTX initially filed for chapter final November after its native asset collapsed, and was pressured to halt buyer withdrawals. Its founder, Bankman-Fried, is accused of defrauding traders and mishandling person funds by loaning them out by the billions to Alameda, FTX’s buying and selling department, to make bets that went awry. He’s at present out on bail awaiting trial.
If convicted, he might face over 100 years in jail.
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