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Sam Bankman-Fried, US prosecutors near new bail agreement

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NEW YORK: Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried are nearing an agreement with United States prosecutors on revised bail conditions for the indicted FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder, who is trying to convince a sceptical judge that he should remain free.In a letter filed on Friday (Mar 17) night in Manhattan federal court, Bankman-Fried's lawyer Christian Everdell said that both sides believed they were "close to a resolution", and expect to formally propose new restrictions by next week.Bankman-Fried, 31, faces a trial set for Oct 2 on charges of stealing billions of dollars in FTX customer funds to plug losses at his Alameda Research hedge fund, and making large illegal political donations to buy influence in Washington.Bail talks occurred this week after US District Judge Lewis Kaplan at a Mar 10 hearing renewed his concerns that Bankman-Fried's electronic communications with others might exceed the bounds of his US$250 million bail package.Kaplan's approval is needed to modify Bankman-Fried's bail.The former billionaire has pleaded not guilty to eight counts, and not yet been arraigned on four.

He is living under house arrest with his parents in Palo Alto, California.Prosecutors raised the spectre of witness tampering in January after Bankman-Fried tried to contact John Ray, who became FTX's chief executive when the company filed for bankruptcy last November, and an in-house lawyer.Bankman-Fried's lawyers have said that their client was trying to help, not interfere.At the Mar 10 hearing, prosecutors and defence lawyers proposed giving Bankman-Fried a flip phone with no Internet capability and a basic laptop with limited functions.That was too generous for Kaplan, who said that Bankman-Fried was "inventive" and could

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