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Sam Bankman-Fried has repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.

After the hearing ended, Bankman-Fried took off his suit jacket and tie and turned his watch and other personal belongings over to his lawyers. The clanging of handcuffs could be heard as his hands were cuffed in front of him. He was then led out of the courtroom by U.S. marshals.

Prosecutors say Bankman-Fried tried to harass a key government witness. His lawyers say he did not. The judge agreed that he had.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.

NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a federal courtroom in handcuffs Friday when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen…

Prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke Bankman-Frieds bail, claiming he tried to harass a key witness in his fraud case. His lawyers insist he shouldnt be jailed for trying to protect his reputation against a barrage of unfavorable news stories.

The FTX founder has been allowed to live at his parents' home under house arrest, but prosecutors claim he violated his deal by trying to influence jurors.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has a court hearing that could decide whether the fallen cryptocurrency wiz must go to jail while he awaits trial.

TX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sent to jail Friday to await trial after a bail hearing for the fallen cryptocurrency wiz left a judge convinced that he had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered Bankman-Fried's bail revoked after prosecutors said he'd tried to harass a key witness in his fraud case last month when he showed a journalist her private writings and in January when he reached out to the general counsel for FTX with an encrypted communication.