SBF Solicita Acesso a Fundos FTX em Carta a Juiz
- SBF’s lawyer, Mark Cohen, wrote a letter to United States District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan as per Jan. 28 court documents.
- Cohen pediu a Kaplan para permitir que o ex-CEO da FTX acessasse os fundos pertencentes à bolsa.
- O advogado também pediu ao juiz que permitisse que SBF tivesse contato ilimitado com seu terapeuta e seu pai.
- Cohen também pediu a Kaplan que permitisse que o Bankman-Fried contatasse qualquer funcionário ou agente de um regulador estrangeiro fora da presença de advogados.
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 empresas de criptografia, meios de comunicação, agências governamentais, e mais, e os credores continuam se acumulando, visando liquidar ativos e obter o que podem.
Documentos judiciais de 28 de janeiro mostram que o advogado contratado pela SBF, Mark Cohen, escreveu uma carta ao juiz da Corte Distrital dos Estados Unidos, Lewis Kaplan. Na carta, Cohen afirmou que Bankman-Fried deveria ter acesso aos fundos pertencentes à bolsa e acrescentou que o ex-CEO da bolsa não era responsável por transações não autorizadas anteriores.
Em novembro de 2022, a FTX e seu braço nos EUA estavam investigando transações não autorizadas, que registraram uma saída de mais de $659 milhões, conforme dados de Nansen. Naquela época, a SBF negou envolvimento nessas transações, pois a bolsa continuava a investigar as transações.
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.
Conforme relatado anteriormente pela Bitnation, os promotores federais buscam limitar o acesso 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.
Jornalista cripto com mais de 3 anos de experiência em DeFi, NFT, metaverso, etc. Parth trabalhou com grandes meios de comunicação no mundo cripto e financeiro e ganhou experiência e conhecimento em cultura criptográfica depois de sobreviver a mercados de baixa e alta ao longo dos anos.
