- Sam Bankman-Fried’s attorneys have appealed his remand to jail following the revocation of his bail.
- Bankman-Fried’s authorized protection crew appealed in lower than an hour of his arrest earlier immediately.
- Federal Decide Lewis Kaplan revoked the FTX founder’s bail for witness tampering and leaking Caroline Ellison’s non-public writings.
- SBF will doubtless be jailed in Putnam County Correctional Facility and the Metropolitan Detention Heart in the course of the trial.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s authorized protection crew has appealed his remand to jail lower than an hour after his bail was revoked by a Manhattan choose. The disgraced FTX founder was handcuffed and escorted out of the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of New York earlier immediately after federal Decide Lewis Kaplan remanded him into custody forward of his trial, which is about to start on October 2, 2023.
Sam Bankman-Fried Jailed For Witness Tampering
Inside Metropolis Press reported on X (previously Twitter) earlier immediately that Decide Kaplan remanded Sam Bankman-Fried to jail resulting from his makes an attempt to tamper with a key witness within the Division of Justice’s case towards him. The choose additionally highlighted the FTX founder’s determination to leak the non-public writings of former Alameda Analysis CEO Caroline Ellison with the New York Instances final month.
“In view of the proof, my conclusion is that there’s possible trigger to consider that the defendant has tried to tamper with witnesses no less than twice…”
SDNY Decide Lewis A. Kaplan
After Bankman-Fried’s bail was revoked, he was handcuffed by U.S. Marshals and escorted out of the courtroom. As for Bankman-Fried’s jail preparations, Assistant United States Legal professional Danielle Sassoon proposed that he be held on the Putnam County Correctional Facility in New York and the Manhattan Detention Heart throughout his trial.
Inside an hour of Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail revocation and subsequent arrest, his authorized protection crew led by Mark Cohen appealed his remand to jail. Cohen had beforehand acknowledged his intent to enchantment and requested Decide Kaplan for a written order of bail revocation for a similar. Based on Inside Metropolis Press, an digital submitting for the enchantment has been made, full with a submitting charge of $505.