FTX founder Bankman-Fried objects to tighter bail, says prosecutors 'sandbagged' him

Lawyers for Sam Bankman\u002DFried on Saturday urged a U.S. judge not to ban him from communicating with former colleagues as part of his bail.

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Prosecutors said their request was in response to Bankman-Fried’s recent effort to contact a potential witness against him, the general counsel of an FTX affiliate, and was needed to prevent witness tampering and other obstruction of justice.Article content “Rather than wait for any response from the defence, the government sandbagged the process, filing this letter at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening,” Bankman-Fried’s lawyers wrote. “The government apparently believes that a one-sided presentation – spun to put our client in the worst possible light – is the best way to get the outcome it seeks.”.

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