The ‘extraordinary’ privilege of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Stanford setup not lost on judge who could revoke bail

As a federal judge showed growing impatience Thursday with Sam Bankman-Fried’s potential for witness tampering with his continued use of the internet, he also noted the “extraordinary” privilege the disgraced FTX founder has enjoyed by being able to live in his parents’ Stanford home while he awaits trial on charges related to what prosecutors have called “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.”

“Your client is at liberty on extraordinary conditions,” U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan told Bankman-Friend’s attorneys in Manhattan Thursday, according to reports from inside the courtroom. Kaplan was referring to the one-time billionaire being free on $250 million bond, after being accused of cheating

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