SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 21 –
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.
On
February 28,
with
Bankman-Fried free
on bond, FTX's
Nishad Singh pleaded
guilty to six
criminal
charges. Inner
City Press put the
charging document
on its DocumentCloud
here.
On
March 10,
Judge Kaplan
held a
proceeding. Inner
City Press was
there and
live tweeted,
thread here.
On
March 27, Bankman-Fried's
lawyers filed
a sealed
version of
conditions it
said DOJ agreed to -
adding that
"the Government does
not object to
the sealing
request." Full
letter on Patreon here.
On July
20, the US
Attorney's
Office at 11
pm wrote in: "the
defendant has
sought to
publicly
discredit a
government
witness by
sharing her
personal
writings with
a reporter so
that these
private
documents
would be
featured in a
New York Times
article
published
today. As such
efforts have
the potential
to taint the
jury pool, and
could have a
chilling
effect on
witnesses, the
Government
respectfully
requests an
order that
limits
extrajudicial
statements by
parties and
witnesses
likely to
interfere with
a fair trial
by an
impartial
jury. See SDNY
Local Rule
23.1(h)" - and
see full letter on
Patreon here.
On July
21, Judge Kaplan ordered:
"ORDER as to
Samuel
Bankman-Fried:
The Court will
hear argument
on the
government's
letter
application,
dated July 20,
2023, on July
26, 2023 at 2
p.m. The
defendant
shall be
present. At or
before 11 a.m.
on July 24,
2023, the
government
shall file the
proposed order
that it asks
the Court to
enter. The
parties shall
be prepared on
July 26 to
address, among
other things,
the adequacy
and
continuation
of the current
bail
conditions.(Signed
by Judge Lewis
A. Kaplan on
7/21/2023)."
On July
13, SBF's
lawyers sent Judge Kaplan a
sealed list of
people, not
stating even
the number of
people, for whom
the security
guard
requirement - to
show not
sharing
phones with
SBF - should to
waived. They
argue, as
they did with
the co-signers, that
the list
should be
sealed. And
they say the
SDNY prosecutors agree....
Letter on
Patreon here
Early
on July 14,
Inner City
Press filed to
unseal the
list, filing
on
DocumentCloud
here.
The
case is US v.
Bankman-Fried,
et al.,
22-cr-673
(Kaplan)
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