Bankman-Frieds Eltern sind Online-Bedrohungen ausgesetzt

• Bankman-Fried’s lawyers claim the FTX founder’s parents have been subject to threats and negative media coverage.
• SBF’s lawyers have asked the presiding judge not to publicize the names of two sureties to keep them from facing similar assaults.
• Bankman-Fried soll sich bei seinem Erscheinen vor Gericht am Dienstag auf nicht schuldig bekennen.

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Bankman-Fried’s legal team has asked a judge to redact specific details about the people serving as sureties for his $250 million bond due to threats made to his family and parents. The lawyers submitted the letter on Tuesday to Judge Lewis Kaplan for the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York, asking that the names and identities of two of the sureties be kept private to protect them from similar harassment faced by Bankman-Fried’s parents.

Zu den Drohungen sagte Mark Cohen von der Anwaltskanzlei Cohen & Gresser:

In recent weeks, Mr. Bankman-Fried’s parents have become the target of intense media scrutiny, harassment, and threats. Among other things, Mr. Bankman-Fried’s parents have received a steady stream of threatening correspondence, including communications expressing a desire that they suffer physical harm. Consequently, there is serious cause for concern that the two additional sureties would face similar intrusions on their privacy as well as threats and harassment if their names appear unredacted on their bonds or their identities are otherwise publicly disclosed.

Bankman-Fried war veröffentlicht im Dezember mit einer Kaution in Höhe von $250 Millionen auf Kaution und wurde angewiesen, bei seinen Eltern in Kalifornien zu bleiben. Sein Anwaltsteam glaubt, dass die Veröffentlichung der Namen derjenigen, die bereit sind, ihn finanziell zu unterstützen, das Gerichtsverfahren behindern könnte.

Es wird erwartet, dass Bankman-Fried am Dienstag auch ein Nicht-Schuld-Plädoyer einreichen wird Vorwürfe that he defrauded investors in his now-defunct FTX crypto exchange. The 30-year-old is accused of heading one of the biggest cryptocurrency scams in history, stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer deposits to finance his Alameda Research hedge fund, and fund his lifestyle.

Bei einer Verurteilung drohen dem Absolventen des Massachusetts Institute of Technology bis zu 115 Jahre Haft. Bankman-Fried wurde wegen zweier Fälle von Überweisungsbetrug und sechs wegen Verschwörung angeklagt, darunter Geldwäsche und Verstöße gegen Gesetze zur Wahlkampffinanzierung.

FTX co-founder Gary Wang and Alameda chief executive Caroline Ellison have both pleaded guilty to criminal charges after being hit with both civil and criminal charges for fraud and conspiracy. Both parties also agreed to collaborate with prosecutors. Ellison expressed her regret to FTX’s clients and investors at a hearing last month, saying she acknowledged her mistakes.

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