The 31-year-old former billionaire’s counsel griped that he cannot review evidence in his case because he has yet to receive a court-ordered, internet-free laptop at Brooklyn’s troubled…
— claiming a myriad of tech issues are preventing the accused fraudster from prepping for his upcoming trial from behind bars.
Judge Lewis Kaplan did not immediately rule on Bankman-Fried’s bid to be freed from the notorious federal jail that once housed Jeffrey Epstein gal pal Ghislaine Maxwell andThe tech complaints were just the latest in a long list of gripes Bankman-Fried’s lawyers have made since he was ordered held without bail earlier this month.But Kaplan ripped the the disgraced crypto bigwig’s lawyers for making “misleading” claims that the government has not turned over records in the case quick enough.
Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bail was revoked earlier this month amid charges that he leaked the personal diary of his former lover and business partner, who is set to testify against him at trial.The feds say that Bankman-Fried can also access the internet in the 500 Pearl Street cell block where he can meet with his lawyers twice a week to prep for trial on chargesheld in the since-folded FTX to stem losses at a crypto-focused hedge fund, Alameda Research, that he also owned.
“While these solutions may appear as if they are solutions, they do not pan out in practice,” Cohen told the court.
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