On Thursday morning, Sam Bankman-Fried arrived at the Moynihan Courthouse in Lower Manhattan with his two lawyers in tow, ready to defend his right to communicate through messaging applications while under house arrest.
The disgraced FTX founder’s use of electronics has proved contentious throughout his criminal trial, which began in December after the U.S. Department of Justice charged him with eight counts related to the collapse of the crypto exchange, including wire fraud and campaign finance regulation violations.
