• DOJ Seeks to Ban Sam Bankman-Fried From Contacting FTX Employees
    DOJ Seeks to Ban Sam Bankman-Fried From Contacting FTX Employees
    Prosecutors alleged the founder of the failed cryptocurrency exchange contacted a potential witness in his criminal case.

    DOJ Seeks to Ban Sam Bankman-Fried From Contacting FTX Employees

    The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to bar FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried from communicating with current and former employees of the collapsed crypto exchange without a lawyer present after prosecutors alleged he recently contacted a potential witness in his criminal case.

    Mr. Bankman-Fried, who faces federal charges related to the implosion of FTX, reached out to the general counsel of the company’s U.S. operation through an encrypted messaging application earlier this month, federal prosecutors said in a filing. Prosecutors said Mr. Bankman-Fried has also contacted other current and former FTX employees and are concerned that the communications could lead to witness tampering.

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