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Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail as judge revokes bail over witness tampering, VPN use (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the former billionaire remanded after prosecutors pushed to have his bail revoked, citing violations that included Bankman-Fried’s admitted usage of VPN software that he said was to watch an NFL game and the judge’s view that he had attempted to tamper with witnesses “at least twice.”

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m confused. What is the connection between using a VPN and witness tampering? Anyone care to explain?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're both violations of the conditions of release. Two separate violations, unrelated except for being prohibited behavior.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is VPN prohibition a general condition of these situations or was this specific to this case? And can you clarify why using VPN violations? Sorry I’m daft on the legalities of this.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It would be a general bypass of monitored internet connectivity. One of his conditions was monitored internet access. VPNs are almost always encrypted, which bypasses said monitoring.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Sounds like they're two different violations to me