Nieuw vrijgaveverzoek van de oprichter van FTX afgewezen door de rechtbank

• Een hof van beroep heeft opnieuw de vrijlating van FTX-oprichter Sam Bankman-Fried afgewezen.
• The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that it found SBF’s arguments “unpersuasive.”
• De rechtbank zei dat het knoeien met twee getuigen tijdens de voorlopige vrijlating door de SBF een belangrijke reden was om het beroep af te wijzen.
• Witness tampering “falls outside the zone of constitutional protection,” the court said.

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De advocaten die Sam Bankman-Fried vertegenwoordigen, ook wel bekend als SBF op het gebied van digitale activa, hebben opnieuw een aanvraag ingediend voor de vrijlating van de mede-oprichter van het inmiddels failliete cryptohandelsplatform FTX. Het Amerikaanse Hof van Beroep voor het Tweede Circuit ontkende echter de laatste poging van de in ongenade gevallen crypto-ondernemer en bevestigde dat SBF in de gevangenis zal moeten blijven terwijl zijn advocaten in beroep proberen te gaan tegen zijn zaak.

Volgens een mandaat uitgegeven on November 21, the court said that a major reason why the appeal was rejected was Bankman-Fried’s attempts to tamper with two witnesses in the FTX trial while on pretrial release. “We have reviewed the Defendant-Appellant’s additional arguments and find them unpersuasive,” Clerk of Court Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe wrote while adding: 

“The record shows that the district court thoroughly considered all of the relevant factors, including the Defendant-Appellant’s course of conduct over time that had required the district court to repeatedly tighten the conditions of release.”

The 2nd Circuit has — rather belatedly — denied Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal of his pretrial detention.

"The record supports the district court’s conclusion that there was probable cause to believe
that the Defendant-Appellant attempted to tamper with two witnesses".

— Molly White (@molly0xFFF) 21 november 2023

Het is belangrijk om hier op te merken dat in juli Amerikaanse aanklagers beschuldigd the former FTX chief executive of leaking the diaries belonging to Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of controversial trading firm Alameda Research, to The New York Times. This resulted in the disgraced entrepreneur’s bail being revoked by a New York District Court. It “is apparent” that documents were shared by Bankman-Fried, said US Attorney Damian Williams.

Interestingly, SBF argued that the New York court failed to consider that he was engaged in activity considered freedom of speech protected under the First Amendment. However, in response, the appellate court stated that the New York District Court ruled correctly and that witness tampering “falls outside the zone of constitutional protection.”

The lawyers representing the former FTX executive also argued that the New York district court failed to consider a less restrictive alternative to detention. In its response, the appellate court said that the district court “thoroughly considered” all relevant factors.

After the testimony from several FTX employees and people from SBF’s “inner circle,” the jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of all charges and is facing more than a hundred years of prison time. The sentencing will take place in March 2024. As reported earlier by Bitnation, former Department of Justice (DoJ) prosecutor Renato Mariotti believes that Bankman-Fried zal 25 jaar gevangenisstraf uitzitten.

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