The U.S. Division of Justice (DOJ) is searching for to stifle Sam Bankman-Fried’s communications with FTX and Alameda Analysis workers earlier than his trial.
In a brand new court docket submitting, the DOJ asks for a ruling that might reduce off Bankman-Fried’s entry to all present and former workers of the embattled crypto corporations as they might be susceptible to intimidation.
“The Authorities is searching for to restrict the defendant’s contact solely with present and former FTX and Alameda workers, the very individuals who till not too long ago had been the defendant’s underlings whom he supervised and financially compensated, and who’re subsequently most susceptible to intimidation.
The Authorities doesn’t take into account it administrable to establish a extra restricted subset of former and present workers whom the defendant could not contact – the Authorities has not accomplished its investigation and continues to be figuring out people with info related to the costs who could also be potential trial witnesses.”
In response to 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 not too long ago 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 software Sign, in addition to by e-mail.”
FTX initially filed for chapter final November after its native asset collapsed, and was compelled to halt buyer withdrawals. Its founder, Bankman-Fried, is accused of defrauding traders and mishandling consumer funds by loaning them out by the billions to Alameda, FTX’s buying and selling department, to make bets that went awry. He’s presently out on bail awaiting trial.
If convicted, he may face over 100 years in jail.
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