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“我读过各式间谍小说”:SBF这一问题引发法官和他的律师发生争执

“我读过各式间谍小说”:SBF这一问题引发法官和他的律师发生争执

LEO SCHWARTZ 2023-02-16
在整个刑事审判过程中,这位名誉扫地的FTX创始人使用电子产品的行为一直备受争议。

上周四,萨姆·班克曼-弗里德来到曼哈顿下城的莫伊尼汉法院,后面紧跟着他的两名律师,他想要捍卫自己在被软禁期间使用即时通讯应用程序的权利。

在整个刑事审判过程中,这位名誉扫地的FTX创始人使用电子产品的行为一直备受争议。12月,美国司法部指控他犯有八项与加密货币交易所倒闭有关的罪名,包括电信诈骗和违反竞选财务法规。

作为保释条件的一部分,萨姆·班克曼-弗里德被允许继续使用互联网,他似乎很享受这种特权,他甚至在一月中旬创建了一个Substack(美版微信“公众号”)。但检方发现,他一直在通过加密消息应用Signal给前雇员发电子邮件和短信,其中包括FTX US的总法律顾问和FTX的现任首席执行官约翰·雷三世(John Ray III),后者在交易所11月宣告破产后接管了FTX。

通过Signal(阅后即焚应用程序)和电子邮件,班克曼-弗里德给FTX US的总法律顾问莱恩·米勒(Ryne Miller)发消息称,他想和对方重新取得联系,看看他们是否能建立“建设性的关系”。根据法庭文件,检察官计划在10月班克曼-弗里德的听证会上传唤米勒作证,并将米勒视为“一号证人”,他们认为班克曼-弗里德联系米勒的行为是在干扰证人。

1月下旬,检察官寻求更改班克曼-弗里德的保释条件,以阻止他在律师不在场的情况下与FTX和Alameda的现任或前任员工联系,以及使用加密或即时通讯应用程序,如Signal,联系现任或前任员工。刘易斯·卡普兰(Lewis Kaplan)法官于2月1日同意了限制班克曼-弗里德通信特权的新规定,随后拒绝了检察官和班克曼-弗里德的辩护团队达成的放宽条件的妥协方案,而是要求在周四的听证会上讨论此事。

检察官同意,如果班克曼-弗里德在手机上安装监控应用程序,他就可以使用WhatsApp等特定应用程序,但不允许他使用Signal等加密应用程序。但卡普兰对“加密”的定义提出异议,质疑检察官是否了解班克曼-弗里德有能力规避任何拟议的条件。正如卡普兰对聚集在一起的律师们所说,“我读过各式间谍小说”。

他还引用了研究人员最近的一项突破作为班克曼-弗里德如何用其他通信手段躲避检察官检查的例子。研究人员最终解密了16世纪苏格兰女王玛丽在监禁期间所写的加密信件——这些隐秘信息几个世纪以来一直不为世人关注。

美国助理检察官丹妮尔·沙逊(Danielle Sassoon)说,如果有必要,她相信检察官能够破译班克曼-弗里德发出的任何信件。

关于iMessage上删除文本功能的各种更新(这些更新让人想起了去苹果天才吧的经历),双方律师团队进行了反复讨论,最后同意商定一份可接受的通讯方式清单,以及要求班克曼-弗里德安装监控应用程序,这款监控应用程序可以确保班克曼-弗里德无法删除WhatsApp上的任何信息。

由于班克曼-弗里德有过可疑的联系记录,尽管卡普兰似乎对是否应该允许他进行任何电子通信持怀疑态度,但他同意等待双方团队的提案,并将有关此事的裁定延长至2月21日。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

上周四,萨姆·班克曼-弗里德来到曼哈顿下城的莫伊尼汉法院,后面紧跟着他的两名律师,他想要捍卫自己在被软禁期间使用即时通讯应用程序的权利。

在整个刑事审判过程中,这位名誉扫地的FTX创始人使用电子产品的行为一直备受争议。12月,美国司法部指控他犯有八项与加密货币交易所倒闭有关的罪名,包括电信诈骗和违反竞选财务法规。

作为保释条件的一部分,萨姆·班克曼-弗里德被允许继续使用互联网,他似乎很享受这种特权,他甚至在一月中旬创建了一个Substack(美版微信“公众号”)。但检方发现,他一直在通过加密消息应用Signal给前雇员发电子邮件和短信,其中包括FTX US的总法律顾问和FTX的现任首席执行官约翰·雷三世(John Ray III),后者在交易所11月宣告破产后接管了FTX。

通过Signal(阅后即焚应用程序)和电子邮件,班克曼-弗里德给FTX US的总法律顾问莱恩·米勒(Ryne Miller)发消息称,他想和对方重新取得联系,看看他们是否能建立“建设性的关系”。根据法庭文件,检察官计划在10月班克曼-弗里德的听证会上传唤米勒作证,并将米勒视为“一号证人”,他们认为班克曼-弗里德联系米勒的行为是在干扰证人。

1月下旬,检察官寻求更改班克曼-弗里德的保释条件,以阻止他在律师不在场的情况下与FTX和Alameda的现任或前任员工联系,以及使用加密或即时通讯应用程序,如Signal,联系现任或前任员工。刘易斯·卡普兰(Lewis Kaplan)法官于2月1日同意了限制班克曼-弗里德通信特权的新规定,随后拒绝了检察官和班克曼-弗里德的辩护团队达成的放宽条件的妥协方案,而是要求在周四的听证会上讨论此事。

检察官同意,如果班克曼-弗里德在手机上安装监控应用程序,他就可以使用WhatsApp等特定应用程序,但不允许他使用Signal等加密应用程序。但卡普兰对“加密”的定义提出异议,质疑检察官是否了解班克曼-弗里德有能力规避任何拟议的条件。正如卡普兰对聚集在一起的律师们所说,“我读过各式间谍小说”。

他还引用了研究人员最近的一项突破作为班克曼-弗里德如何用其他通信手段躲避检察官检查的例子。研究人员最终解密了16世纪苏格兰女王玛丽在监禁期间所写的加密信件——这些隐秘信息几个世纪以来一直不为世人关注。

美国助理检察官丹妮尔·沙逊(Danielle Sassoon)说,如果有必要,她相信检察官能够破译班克曼-弗里德发出的任何信件。

关于iMessage上删除文本功能的各种更新(这些更新让人想起了去苹果天才吧的经历),双方律师团队进行了反复讨论,最后同意商定一份可接受的通讯方式清单,以及要求班克曼-弗里德安装监控应用程序,这款监控应用程序可以确保班克曼-弗里德无法删除WhatsApp上的任何信息。

由于班克曼-弗里德有过可疑的联系记录,尽管卡普兰似乎对是否应该允许他进行任何电子通信持怀疑态度,但他同意等待双方团队的提案,并将有关此事的裁定延长至2月21日。(财富中文网)

译者:中慧言-王芳

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.

As part of his bail conditions, Sam Bankman-Fried was permitted to continue using the internet, a privilege he has seemingly enjoyed—he went so far as to create a Substack in mid-January. Prosecutors were less amused when they found out he had been emailing and messaging former employees through the encrypted messaging app Signal, including FTX US’s general counsel and John Ray III, the current CEO of FTX who took over after the exchange declared bankruptcy in November.

Over both Signal and email, Bankman-Fried wrote to Ryne Miller, the general counsel for FTX US, that he wanted to reconnect and see if they could find a way to have a “constructive relationship.” Prosecutors, who plan to call Miller to testify at Bankman-Fried’s hearing in October and have deemed Miller “Witness-1,” have interpreted Bankman-Fried’s outreach as witness tampering, according to court filings.

In late January, prosecutors sought to update Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions to prevent him from communicating with current or former employees at FTX and Alameda, except in the presence of counsel, as well as using encrypted or ephemeral messaging apps, such as Signal. Judge Lewis Kaplan agreed to the new stipulations on Feb. 1 that would limit Bankman-Fried’s communication privileges, and later denied a compromise reached by prosecutors and Bankman-Fried’s defense team to loosen the conditions, instead calling for the Thursday hearing to discuss the matter.

Prosecutors had agreed to allow Bankman-Fried to use certain apps like WhatsApp if he installed monitoring software on his phone, while denying him use of encrypted apps like Signal. But Kaplan took exception with the definition of “encrypted,” questioning whether prosecutors were aware of Bankman-Fried’s potential ability to skirt any proposed conditions. As Kaplan told the assembled lawyers, “I have read all the spy novels.”

He also cited a recent breakthrough by researchers to finally decrypt encoded letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots during her imprisonment in the 16th century—incognito messaging that managed to escape notice for centuries—as an example of how Bankman-Fried could elude prosecutors by using other means of communication.

Danielle Sassoon, an assistant U.S. attorney, said she was confident that prosecutors would be able to decode any letters sent by Bankman-Fried if necessary.

After a back-and-forth about the various updates to deleted text capabilities on iMessage that recalled a visit to the Apple Genius Bar, the two teams of lawyers agreed that they would settle on a list of accepted communication methods, as well as the monitoring software that would ensure that Bankman-Fried could not delete any messages from WhatsApp.

Although Kaplan seemed skeptical that Bankman-Fried should be allowed any electronic communication at all, given his track record of questionable contact, he agreed to extend his order on the matter until Feb. 21, pending the submission of recommendations from both teams.

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