Sam Bankman-Fried denies US witness tampering claim

Federal prosecutors asked a judge to impose new bail conditions on Bankman-Fried, who has pleaded not guilty to fraud, after he contacted the FTX employee. — Reuters

NEW YORK: FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer has insisted his client didn’t seek to influence a witness in the US government’s fraud case against him, accusing prosecutors of trying to portray him “in the worst possible light”.

Mark Cohen, a lawyer for Bankman-Fried, asked the federal judge presiding over the case to allow his client to meet some people involved in FTX, saying his client needs to participate in his defence.