Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail as judge revokes bail over witness tampering, VPN use

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FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has been on house arrest in California since December while awaiting trial on fraud and money laundering charges over the crypto exchange's collapse, but today he was sent to jail, as first reported by Inner City Press.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the former billionaire remanded after prosecutors pushed to have his bail revoked, citing violations that included Bankman-Fried's admitted usage of VPN software that he said was to watch an NFL game and the judge's view that he had attempted to tamper with witnesses at least twice."

Docket entry from Friday's Bond Revocation Hearing:

Defendant present with attorneys Mark Stewart Cohen and Christian R. Everdell. AUSAs Danielle R. Sassoon, Nicholas...

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