| FTX
Bankman-Fried
2bled Down on
Secrecy To
Keep Co
Signers Secret
Now US Wants 2
Conditions
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 27 –
Sam
Bankman-Fried
of FTX was
indicted in
the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York,
leading to his
arrest in the
Bahamas on
December 12, and
extradition to
the US on
December 21.
He was
released on
$250 million
bond - and
reappeared on
January 3, see
below -
with the
requirement of
co-signers.
But
he wants them
secret:
"LETTER MOTION
addressed to
Judge Lewis A.
Kaplan from
Mark S. Cohen
dated January
3, 2023 re:
Request to
Redact Names
and
Identifying
Information
for Certain
Bail Sureties
. Document
filed by
Samuel
Bankman-Fried.
(Cohen, Mark)."
Inner
City Press nearly
immediately opposed,
here. That
was Docket
Number 31.
On
January 11,
Judge Kaplan
gave
Bankman-Fried
until January
19 to respond:
ORDER as to
Samuel
Bankman-Fried,
Zixiao (Gary)
Wang, Caroline
Ellison: Any
papers in
response to
Dkts 31 and 40
and any
subsequent
filings with
respect to
redaction of
the names of
sureties on
appearance
bonds for
defendant
Bankman-Fried
shall be filed
no later than
January 19,
2023."
Bankman-Fried
waited
until past 8
pm on January
19 to file - and then
doubled down
on secrecy. As of
January 27,
still no
ruling.
But on
January 27,
the US Attorney's
Office asked
for two conditions:
"The
Government
writes to seek
the
modification
of defendant
Samuel
Bankman-Fried’s
conditions of
pretrial
release to
impose two new
conditions
relating to
his contact
with
prospective
witnesses in
the case.
Specifically,
the Government
respectfully
requests that
the Court
impose the
following
conditions:
(1) the
defendant
shall not
contact or
communicate
with current
or former
employees of
FTX or Alameda
(other than
immediate
family
members)
except in the
presence of
counsel,
unless the
Government or
Court exempts
an individual
from this
no-contact
rule; and (2)
the defendant
shall not use
any encrypted
or ephemeral
call or
messaging
application,
including but
not limited to
Signal. For
purposes of
this motion" -
full letter on
Patreon here.
Will
the
(un)sealing of
co-signers
motions be
ruled on
before this
one?
***
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