{"id":580314,"date":"2023-01-03T14:28:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=580314"},"modified":"2023-01-03T14:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:28:52","slug":"sam-bankman-fried-judge-dox-bail-sureties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/sam-bankman-fried-judge-dox-bail-sureties\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s Lawyers Ask Judge Not To Dox $250 Million Bail Sureties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Summary: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Lawyers representing Bankman-Fried in the criminal trial asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to redact the names of two sureties who co-signed Sam&#8217;s bail bond.<\/li><li>SBF was released in December 2022 after posting bail for $250 million, per reports.<\/li><li>U.S. Federal prosecutors charged the FTX founder with eight counts from fraud to money laundering.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s lawyers filed a motion to redact the name of two co-signers for SBF\u2019s massive $250 million bail. Bankman-Fried posted bail in December after appearing before a Manhattan court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Sam\u2019s Request<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bankman-Fried\u2019s court representatives submitted a letter motion in a bid to keep two of Sam\u2019s bail co-signers a secret. Bankman-Fried\u2019s lawyers requested a \u201climited modification to one portion of the bail conditions\u201d, said the letter sent to U.S. Judge Lewis Kaplan and the criminal court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2022, authorities released the disgraced FTX Founder after Bankman-Fried posted bail for $250 million. The court included house arrest, location monitoring, and an international travel ban as part of SBF\u2019s bail conditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bankman-Fried\u2019s lawyers asked the court to redact the two remaining names of the bail bond co-signers. SBF\u2019s legal counsel also requested that the U.S. government keep the names of the individuals private as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Specifically, we request an order from the Court directing that the names and other identifying information of Mr. Bankman-Fried\u2019s two remaining bail sureties (1) be redacted on the bond they will sign, and (2) not be publicly disclosed by the Government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tier10k\/status\/1610265485706240001?s=20&amp;t=bunj9iJUBGfJ25wvfnaDew\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">noted<\/a> that the U.S. government \u201ctakes no position on the request\u201d, suggesting that the decision is entirely up to Judge Kaplan and the court.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Sam Bankman-Fried Extradited To America<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Former crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried was extradited to the United States in December after waiving his right to contest extradition in a Bahamian court. Following the court order, SBF as he\u2019s known was flown to Manhattan, New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Bankman-Fried faces multiple criminal charges from fraud to campaign finance violations. The CFTC, Department of Justice, and the SEC all filed charges against SBF over FTX\u2019s collapse in November 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX Co-Founder Gary Wang signed plea deals, admitting to stealing customer funds, and supposedly flipping on Sam Bankman-Fried. The FBI also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/u-s-doj-launches-probe-into-372-million-ftx-hack-following-bankruptcy-filing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opened<\/a> investigations on a $400 million hack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ninabambysheva\/2022\/11\/21\/ftx-hacker-moved-nearly-200-million-of-ether-to-different-wallets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suffered<\/a> by FTX shortly after Chapter 11 bankruptcy was filed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-580317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-770x512.jpg 770w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-346x231.jpg 346w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-746x496.jpg 746w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-1131x754.jpg 1131w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-269x179.jpg 269w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times-1376x916.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Sam-Bankman-Fried-Image-New-York-Times.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\"><figcaption><strong>Sam Bankman-Fried. Image &#8211; New York Times<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers representing FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried wrote a letter to Judge Kaplan, requesting that two bail sureties remain undoxxed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":580318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580319,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580314\/revisions\/580319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}