Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried on July 13 asked the judge overseeing his criminal prosecution to allow “close friends and colleagues” of the former FTX founder’s parents to visit him at his home without a security guard having to be present or conduct security checks.
Mr. Bankman-Fried was extradited to the United States from the Bahamas in December 2022 and is currently confined to his parent’s home in Palo Alto, California.
He has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, commodities fraud, securities fraud, money laundering, and fraud against the United States in relation to the collapse of the cryptocurrency company….