FTX-grundarens begäran om ny release avvisades av domstolen
- En hovrätt har återigen avvisat frigivningen av FTX-grundaren Sam Bankman-Fried.
- The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that it found SBF’s arguments “unpersuasive.”
- Rätten sa att SBFs manipulation med två vittnen vid frigivningen var en viktig anledning till att avslå överklagandet.
- Witness tampering “falls outside the zone of constitutional protection,” the court said.
Advokaterna som representerar Sam Bankman-Fried, även känd som SBF i det digitala tillgångsutrymmet, ansökte återigen om frigivningen av medgrundaren av den nu konkursade kryptohandelsplattformen FTX. Den amerikanska appellationsdomstolen för den andra kretsen förnekade dock det senaste försöket från den skamfilade kryptoentreprenören och bekräftade att SBF måste stanna i fängelse när hans advokater försöker överklaga hans fall.
Enligt ett mandat utfärdad 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.”
Det är viktigt att notera här att tillbaka i juli, amerikanska åklagare den anklagade 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 kommer att avtjäna 25 års fängelse.