SBF's lawyers find a resolution for surveillance of FTX co-founder's parents' phones.
A judge has greenlit surveillance software on Sam Bankman-Fried's parents' cell phones to guarantee that he is not breaching the bail conditions.
The FTX co-founder's legal team requested an extension on April 19th to enforce Bankman-Fried's revised bail conditions, citing challenges in finding appropriate surveillance software for his parents' cell phones. Initially, the lawyers proposed using software that would take a photo "every five minutes."
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However, on April 21st, lawyers submitted a filing in a New York District Court revealing that they found a different software. According to the filing, the new software didn't possess the ability to take a photo every five minutes, but it is capable of logging the keystrokes of all activity on Bankman-Fried's parents' mobile devices.
In a new filing, Sam Bankman-Fried's legal team noted:
We believe these restrictions are sufficient to prevent Mr. Bankman-Fried from using the Parents’ Phones to circumvent his bail conditions. Accordingly, we respectfully request the Court to modify the existing bail conditions to impose the conditions set forth above.
On April 24th, US District Judge behind the FTX co-founder's case, Lewis Kaplan, approved the measures.
The software will also keep track of the application installations, internet browsing history, iMessage, voice calls, and FaceTimes. A technical consultant is set to examine the keystroke logs and screenshots "at least three times a week," ensuring that Bankman-Fried's bail conditions remain unbroken.
This ruling comes amid heightened curiosity surrounding Bankman-Fried's access to cell phones. Judge Kaplan underscored that Bankman-Fried had a "garden of electronic devices" with internet access at his parent's house.
It is worth noting that the mastermind behind FTX was released on a $250 million bond right before Christmas in 2022. Since then, the man pleaded not guilty to all counts of criminal charges, with the trial set to begin in October 2023.
