The authorized group behind former FTX chief government officer Sam Bankman-Fried has petitioned a court docket to redact sure data on people performing as sureties for his $250-million bond, citing threats made in opposition to his household.
In a letter dated Jan. 3 filed to Choose Lewis Kaplan of america District Court docket within the Southern District of New York, Bankman-Fried’s authorized group requested the court docket order “names and different figuring out data” of two bail sureties not be disclosed to the general public and redacted from bonds as soon as they had been signed on Jan. 5. Mark Cohen of the legislation agency Cohen & Gresser mentioned that if the people’ private data had been to be obtainable, they might be topic to related harassment as the previous FTX CEO’s dad and mom, Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman.
“In current weeks, Mr. Bankman-Fried’s dad and mom have change into the goal of intense media scrutiny, harassment, and threats,” mentioned Cohen. “Amongst different issues, Mr. Bankman-Fried’s dad and mom have acquired a gentle stream of threatening correspondence, together with communications expressing a need that they endure bodily hurt. Consequently, there may be critical trigger for concern that the 2 extra sureties would face related intrusions on their privateness in addition to threats and harassment if their names seem unredacted on their bonds or their identities are in any other case publicly disclosed.”
Fried and Bankman secured their son’s launch on bail in December on a $250 million bond, utilizing the fairness of their Palo Alto residence through which Bankman-Fried is at the moment below home arrest. Cohen cited authorized precedent that the shortage of public disclosure round others keen to financially again SBF would “protect greater values” and never hamper the court docket’s judicial energy:
“If the 2 remaining sureties are publicly recognized, they may seemingly be subjected to probing media scrutiny, and doubtlessly focused for harassment, regardless of having no substantive connection to the case. Consequently, the privateness and security of the sureties are ‘countervailing elements’ that considerably outweigh the presumption of public entry to the very restricted data at concern.”
Crypto Twitter customers speculated as to the identities of the unnamed sureties, tossing out names together with Kevin O’Leary and hedge fund supervisor Invoice Ackman. One suggested Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao could have helped Bankman-Fried — an unlikely conclusion given the 2 crypto heads’ clashes on social media amid FTX’s chapter.
Bankman-Fried was extradited to america following his arrest within the Bahamas in December. He’s anticipated to seem in court docket in individual on Jan. 3 to reportedly enter a not-guilty plea on the legal fees, which embody wire fraud, securities fraud, and violations of marketing campaign finance legal guidelines.
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— Reuters (@Reuters) January 3, 2023
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FTX co-founder Gary Wang and former Alameda Analysis CEO Caroline Ellison have already pleaded responsible to associated fees and begun cooperating with authorities. Ellison additionally provided an announcement in December acknowledging the monetary ties between FTX and Alameda on the heart of prosecutors’ case in opposition to SBF.
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