Amerikanska åklagare anklagar Bankman-Fried för vittnesmanipulation
- Åklagare tror att Bankman-Fried läckte Google Doc-dagboken till New York Times för att misskreditera Ellison, som är ett möjligt vittne i fallet.
- Bankman-Fried anklagas för bedrägeri relaterade till att blanda medel på FTX och Alameda Research.
- Ellison erkände sig skyldig till anklagelserna mot henne och gick med på att samarbeta med åklagare som ett vittne mot Bankman-Fried.
US prosecutors have accused Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of the crypto exchange FTX, of witness tampering, and they have sought a federal judge’s injunction barring the former billionaire and other individuals from speaking out in a way that would compromise the integrity of a fair trial.
I ett brev som skickades till den amerikanska distriktsdomaren Lewis Kaplan, hänvisade åklagaren till en artikel från New York Times betitlad “Inside the Private Writings of Caroline Ellison, Star Witness in the FTX Case,” which details Ellison’s writings about her relationship with Bankman-Fried before the FTX kollaps.
Ellison was one of Bankman-Fried’s associates and lovers. Last year, she pleaded guilty to the charges filed against her and agreed to cooperate with US prosecutors in their case against Bankman-Fried.
The New York Times published excerpts from Ellison’s Google diary entry, which she wrote in February 2022. Ellison, in her diary, complained of feeling incompetent in her role as CEO of Alameda Research and also of her fears of not being good enough for the 31-year-old Bankman-Fried.
“I have been feeling pretty unhappy and overwhelmed with my job. At the end of the day, I can’t wait to go home and turn off my phone, have a drink, and get away from it all,” her diary read.
The U.S. The Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York claims that Bankman-Fried leaked documents to the New York Times to discredit Ellison’s role as a witness and tamper with the credibility of the trial.
Prosecutors wrote that “by selectively sharing certain private documents with the New York Times, the defendant is attempting to discredit a witness, cast Ellison in a poor light, and advance his defense through the press and outside the constraints of the courtroom and rules of evidence: that Ellison was a jilted lover who perpetrated these crimes alone.”
Sam Bankman-Fried is scheduled to go on trial in October following charges of fraud and misappropriating customer funds. Ellison is seen as one of the prosecutor’s major weapons against the 31-year-old, who has maintained his innocence.
Jag har täckt några spännande historier under min karriär som journalist och tycker att blockchain-relaterade historier är väldigt spännande. Jag tror att Web3 kommer att förändra världen och vill att alla ska vara en del av den.
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