Federal prosecutors are trying to block FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from communicating with current or former employees of FTX over witness tampering concerns.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams speaks during a news conference about the criminal charges filed against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in New York. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former CEO of faile
Prosecutors have also asked Judge Kaplan to prohibit Bankman-Fried from communicating using the Signal app. They wrote, "Using Signal to contact potential witnesses increases the likelihood that detection of any attempt to obstruct justice by influencing a witness will itself be obstructed." However, the judge noted that Bankman-Fried's message to the FTX general counsel from earlier this month wasn't auto-deleted. Cohen also informed the judge that Bankman-Fried has deactivated the auto-deleting feature in his Signal account and argued, "The government cannot justify a bail condition based on an unfounded concern about Mr. Bankman-Fried might do, when there is no evidence that he is, in fact, doing it.
Cohen claimed that the two sides were working toward a "reasonable" compromise on Bankman-Fried's communications with current or former FTX employees before prosecutors "sandbagged" those efforts by trying to block those communications outright. He argues that some of the roughly 350 current and former employees of FTX and Alameda Research may have information that's vital to Bankman-Fried's defense in his upcoming trial.
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