SBF האָט פרובירט צו איינפלוסן די עדות פון א געוועזענער FTX עמפּלוייז, טענהן פון יו.

The disgraced founder and former CEO of FTX tried to contact and potentially influence the witness testimony of another exchange employee, according to the US Department of Justice.

As such, the prosecutors want to introduce two new rules for SBF’s bail.

• Sam Bankman-Fried was released on a $250 million bond in December last year, and he is confined to his parent’s house. However, he seems to have tried to contact FTX US General Counsel Ryne Miller on the encrypted messaging app Signal.
• Recall that this is not SBF’s first reported case of using Signal for controversial goals. He wanted to פאַרקויפן the highly disputed Robinhood shares through the app in 2022.
• די בריוו to Judge Kaplan outlined the message SBF sent to Miller:

"איך וואָלט טאַקע ליב צו פאַרבינדן זיך און זען אויב עס איז אַ וועג פֿאַר אונדז צו האָבן אַ קאַנסטראַקטיוו שייכות, נוצן יעדער אנדערע ווי רעסורסן ווען מעגלעך, אָדער בייַ מינדסטער וועטערינאַר זאכן מיט יעדער אנדערער."

• The DOJ believes Bankman-Fried also tried contacting other FTX and Alameda employees, which the prosecutor said suggests “an effort to influence” at least one of the witnesses’ future testimony.
• As such, the DOJ wants the Judge to amend SBF’s bail rules and include two more. The first is to prohibit him from contacting any current or former employees or related parties of FTX, Alameda, or any of their affiliated companies, except for family members.
• The second read that SBF should be constrained from using encrypted messaging applications such as Signal.