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The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), Damian Williams, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are requesting \u201cproposed modifications\u201d to the bail conditions of former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. The SDNY prosecutor is asking the court to prohibit Bankman-Fried from using a smartphone with an internet connection. Instead, the disgraced FTX co-founder would receive a government-issued flip phone with disabled internet capabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bankman-Fried May Get a Flip Phone With Strings Attached<\/h2>\n

On March 3, 2023, the DOJ and SDNY attorney Damian Williams<\/a> filed a request<\/a> with judge Lewis Kaplan to modify the bail conditions of Sam Bankman-Fried<\/a> (SBF), the former CEO of FTX. Prosecutors seek to restrict SBF\u2019s internet access through various devices, including smartphones, tablets, computers, and video game devices that allow chat and voice communication. The proposed restriction would ban SBF from using any smart devices with internet capability.<\/p>\n

The government also wants the temporary measures added to SBF\u2019s bail conditions to be fully adopted. These measures include not communicating with any FTX or Alameda Research employee without counsel present, not using encrypted messengers such as Signal, and prohibiting the use of a VPN. SBF would receive a government-issued flip phone with a DOJ-controlled serial number, IMEI number, IMSI number, MAC address, and SIM number. The flip phone would allow SMS text messaging and voice calls.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u200b\u200bWith respect to the defendant\u2019s computer usage, the parties propose that the defendant\u2019s new laptop be configured so that he is only able to log on to the internet through the use of specified VPNs, and that the VPNs only permit the defendant to access websites that have been whitelisted through the VPNs,\u201d the court filing submitted by the SDNY attorney details. \u201cSpecifically, an authorized VPN installed on the laptop would allow the defendant to access the cloud-hosted FTX read-only database that has been provided as part of discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, federal prosecutors want to install monitoring software on SBF\u2019s computer to log activity. If approved by Kaplan, SBF would have to surrender his electronic devices for investigation by pretrial services. The former FTX CEO would also be prohibited from purchasing any new cell phones, tablets, computers, or other electronic devices that can connect to the internet. Before the DOJ\u2019s request, SBF was known to play online video games, use Twitter, and he recently created a Substack blog to explain his side of the story.<\/p>\n

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What do you think about the government\u2019s proposed restrictions on Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s internet access and use of electronic devices? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nJamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.

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