The US government alleges the crypto founder communicated with potential witnesses in his criminal trial.
| FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer insisted on Saturday his client didn’t seek to influence a witness in the US government’s fraud case against him, accusing prosecutors of trying to portray him “in the worst possible light”., asked the federal judge presiding over the case to allow his client to meet some people involved in FTX, saying his client needs to participate in his defence.
On January 15, Mr Bankman-Fried sent a Signal message and email to the employee, referred to as “witness 1,” stating: “I would really love to reconnect and see if there’s a way for us to have a constructive relationship, use each other as resources when possible, or at least vet things with each other.
“The government apparently believes that a one-sided presentation – spun to put our client in the worst possible light – is the best way to get the outcome it seeks, even if it does not present the full context to the court,” Mr Cohen wrote in his response. Later on Saturday, Lewis Kaplan, the federal judge in Manhattan who is overseeing Mr Bankman-Fried’s case, gave prosecutors until January 30 to respond to the defence request to modify bail conditions.
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