Sam Bankman-Fried Lawyer Says Agreement Has Been Reached on Use of Messaging Apps
The former CEO of FTX was previously barred form using any messaging apps.
Feb 6, 2023 at 9:52 p.m. UTCAn attorney for Sam Bankman-Fried said an agreement had been reached by Bankman-Fried’s legal team and prosecutors to modify the former FTX CEO’s bail conditions on using electronic communications, according to a letter signed by Bankman-Fried attorney Mark Cohen.
The two sides are asking the court to modify Bankman-Fried's bail conditions to allow him to use various messaging apps, including FaceTime, Zoom, iMessage, SMS texts, emails, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. (For WhatsApp, Bankman-Fried's cell phone must have monitoring software installed to record those messages.)
The FTX founder will still not be able to use "ephemeral call or messaging applications" such as Signal.
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