Deprived of League of Legends and several internet conveniences, Sam Bankman-Fried must be uncomfortable in his luxurious Stanford residence in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is why he does not hesitate to call on his lawyers to find a minimum of leeway in the context of his bail.
SBF lawyers endorse the need for technical expertise
Fallen FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has had his freedom snuffed out lately. Now he must be under strict surveillance and must not access his favorite League of Legends video game. A situation that is unacceptable in the eyes of the ex-crypto billionaire and his lawyers.
” [Lettre] filed today, the defense plans to propose one or more potential candidates to act as an independent technical expert to advise the court on SFT’s bail terms by the end of the week. »
According to Cointelegraph, Christian Everdell and Mark Cohen, lawyers working on behalf of SBF, gave their approval to reduce the restrictions on the release on bail of their client. Indeed, Judge Lewis Kaplan requested technical expertise to help him study the Sam Bankman-Fried case from a technological angle. A letter was sent to this magistrate to justify their position.
” The defense has already begun researching and contacting potential experts and expects to be able to offer one or more potential candidates to the court by the end of the week. “, they specified in their letter.
Judge Lewis Kaplan in embarrassment
It started after it was discovered that SBF had full access to the Super Bowl playoffs via virtual private network (VPN) lately. The former CEO of FTX would have liked to take advantage of this convenience to circumvent the limits imposed by the judge in his “golden prison”. But fate, through the prosecutors, decided otherwise for him.
SBF’s lawyers made it clear that their client’s use of a VPN was limited to the Super Bowl. What delay the crypto community which sees in this action an attempt to recover funds or an attempt of the kind. And the prosecutors share this opinion: “[[using the VPN raised several potential concerns “. We are therefore awaiting the outcome of this expertise to see in what Judge Kaplan is right or wrong.
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