Founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has sought to avoid being jailed, denying prosecutors’ accusations of witness tampering that followed an interview he gave for the New York Times. The indicted crypto mogul also argued that revoking his bond would violate his right to free speech.
Bankman-Fried Says He Never Tried to Intimidate Witnesses Ahead of Trial
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former chief executive of failed crypto exchange FTX, claims he has never attempted to intimidate witnesses in his trial set to begin in October. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan, quoted by Reuters and Bloomberg, he insisted there was no reason for him to go to jail as requested by the prosecution.
Last week, U.S. prosecutors asked Kaplan to jail SBF after an article published by the New York Times quoted excerpts from a diary written by Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Bankman-Fried’s hedge fund Alameda Research and his former girlfriend.
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