Fallen Crypto Mogul SBF Requests Judge to Allow Visits From ‘Close Friends’

Attorneys representing Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) have asked Judge Lewis Kaplan to issue an order allowing certain people to visit their clients without having to go through security checks.

Despite being allowed to reside in his parents’ home, the former FTX CEO is under strict restrictions. He must wear an electronic monitoring bracelet, while a security guard must be present if guests are invited.

SBF’s wish

Bankman-Fried’s lawyers sent an official letter To New York County Court Judge Louis Kaplan, asking the judges to enable people from their client’s inner circle, whom they call “close friends,” to meet him at his parents’ home in Palo Alto, California. They insisted that such gatherings could take place without a security guard constantly present:

“On behalf of our client, Samuel Bankman-Fried, we are writing to respectfully request that the Court issue an order allowing persons on the attached list to visit his parents’ home without the need for a security guard to be present.”

Apart from “Close Friends”, the list of individuals includes colleagues Barbara Fried and Joseph Bankman (SBF parents).

The lawyers also requested that the names of these persons be kept confidential for security reasons.

“Here, even assuming that the list of persons can be considered a ‘judicial document,’ the individuals’ privacy and safety interests far outweigh any presumption of access to the list and justify protecting their identities from public disclosure,” the letter reads.

Not the quiet life of the family

Keeping people’s identities “sealed” may be appropriate as SBF and its parents have previously become targets of violence and harassment.

like Potato encryption mentioned In January, three men rammed their car into the barrier of the house, telling the security officer:

“You won’t be able to turn us away.”

Afterwards, they return to the car and drive away without being recognized. The incident occurred two months after the collapse of FTX, and soon after, a New York federal judge permissible SBF to live with his family under a $250 million bond.

It is not yet clear if the men in the car are fallen investors from the once-prominent stock exchange looking to avenge their potential losses.

Bankman-Fried is facing multiple fraud charges and, according to several regulators and agencies, is the main culprit behind the crash. The October trial will decide whether he is guilty and ultimately his sentence.