{"id":424669,"date":"2023-07-31T04:40:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T04:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=424669"},"modified":"2023-07-31T04:40:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T04:40:58","slug":"accusations-of-witness-tampering-could-cost-sam-bankman-fried-his-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/accusations-of-witness-tampering-could-cost-sam-bankman-fried-his-bail","title":{"rendered":"Accusations of Witness Tampering Could Cost Sam Bankman-Fried His Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam Bankman-Fried might lose his $250 million bail, as federal prosecutors have presented a motion asserting he attempted to influence government witnesses while awaiting his trial. This founder of the defunct FTX cryptocurrency exchange is under scrutiny for releasing personal journal entries of Caroline Ellison<\/a>, his ex-partner and prior CEO of Alameda Research, to The New York Times. The intent, according to prosecutors, was to tarnish the image of a crucial cooperator testifying against him.<\/p>\n

By sharing Ellison’s private writings about her insecurities and heartache with the hope that it would be published by the New York Times<\/i>, the defendant’s conduct also constitutes an attempt to ‘intentionally harass’ Ellison to hinder, prevent, or dissuade her from testifying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The prosecutors’ document, spanning 12 pages and submitted to Judge Lewis Kaplan, claims that the release of these private entries from Ellison’s diary was a calculated move. The entries detailed her emotional challenges and relationship struggles with Bankman-Fried<\/a>. The prosecutors allege that by publicizing these intimate details, he hoped to dissuade Ellison from testifying and malign her image.<\/p>\n

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Assistant US Attorney Danielle Sassoon: The government is requesting the defendant's remand, revocation of bail. He had used his release to try to intimidate witness Caroline Ellison. He made 100 calls to the reporter of the NYT article, some for more than 20 min<\/p>\n

— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n