
SBF prosi o dostęp do funduszy FTX w liście do sędziego
- SBF’s lawyer, Mark Cohen, wrote a letter to United States District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan as per Jan. 28 court documents.
- Cohen poprosił Kaplana o umożliwienie byłemu prezesowi FTX dostępu do funduszy należących do giełdy.
- Adwokat poprosił również sędziego o zezwolenie SBF na nieograniczony kontakt z jego terapeutą i ojcem.
- Cohen poprosił również Kaplana o zezwolenie Bankman-Friedowi na kontakt z jakimkolwiek pracownikiem lub agentem zagranicznego regulatora poza obecnością prawników.
The founder of the former multi-billion dollar crypto exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, also known as SBF in the crypto space, is making moves despite being in his parents’ home due to bail conditions. Interestingly, the collapse of FTX has affected many firmy kryptograficzne, media, agencje rządowei więcej, a wierzyciele nadal się piętrzą, dążąc do likwidacji aktywów i uzyskania tego, co mogą.
Dokumenty sądowe z 28 stycznia wynika, że prawnik zatrudniony przez SBF, Mark Cohen, napisał list do sędziego Sądu Okręgowego Stanów Zjednoczonych Lewisa Kaplana. W liście Cohen stwierdził, że Bankman-Fried powinien otrzymać dostęp do środków należących do giełdy i dodał, że były prezes giełdy nie ponosi odpowiedzialności za wcześniejsze nieautoryzowane transakcje.
W listopadzie 2022 r. FTX i jego amerykański oddział badały nieautoryzowane transakcje, które według danych Nansena przyniosły odpływ ponad $659 mln. W tamtym czasie SBF zaprzeczył udziałowi w tych transakcjach, ponieważ giełda nadal badała transakcje.
In the letter, Cohen noted that SBF was “prohibited from accessing or transferring any FTX or Alameda assets or cryptocurrency, including assets or cryptocurrency purchased with funds from FTX or Alameda,” as per the request of the US authorities on January 3. The authorities noted at that time that Bankman-Fried couldn’t possibly be behind these transactions, adding that a federal probe was underway.
“Nearly three weeks have passed since the initial pretrial conference, and we assume that the Government’s investigation has confirmed what Mr. Bankman-Fried has said all along; namely, that he did not access and transfer these assets,” said Cohen in the letter to Kaplan, while adding that the defense informed authorities “as soon as we became aware of the transfers to provide notification.”
Finally, the lawyers for SBF noted that since the former FTX executive wasn’t behind these transactions, he should be given access to the funds belonging to the exchange.
“Given that the sole basis advanced for seeking that condition has not been supported, we believe that the bail condition imposed at the conference should be removed,” read the letter.
Jak donosił wcześniej Bitnation, prokuratorzy federalni dążą do tego ograniczyć dostęp that SBF has to people who are former employees of FTX or Alameda Research to prevent possible attempts from Bankman-Fried to influence witnesses in his case. However, the defense added that this is not possible because that would mean that he wouldn’t be able to talk to his therapist, who is a former employee at the exchange.
“According to public sources, FTX and Alameda had approximately 350 employees. Each of these current and former employees could have information crucial to Mr. Bankman-Fried’s defense. Requiring Mr. Bankman-Fried to include counsel in every communication with a former or current FTX employee would place an unnecessary strain on his resources and prejudice his ability to defend this case,” read the letter.