A Judge Just Ordered Sam Bankman-Fried to Go To Jail. ‘He Tried to Tamper with Witnesses at Least Twice.’
There will be no more home-cooked meals for Sam Bankman-Fried.
The fallen crypto king has been holed up at his parents’ home in Palo Alto since pleading not guilty to fraud charges stemming from FTX’s collapse. But this afternoon in a Manhattan courtroom, a judge revoked Bankman-Fried’s bail, ordering him to go directly to jail before his trial scheduled to begin on October 2.
“My conclusion is there is probable cause to believe the defendant tried to tamper with witnesses at least twice,” said Judge Lewis A.