Prosecutors behind the criminal case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have requested additional time to consider the legal implications of him using a virtual private network, or VPN.
In a Feb. 13 filing with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said the Justice Department had uncovered that Bankman-Fried accessed the internet on Jan. 29 and Feb. 12 — the second date being Super Bowl LVII. According to Williams, the government’s view was that using a VPN “raises several potential concerns,” citing examples of U.S.-based users accessing certain international crypto exchanges and obscuring data from websites Bankman-Fried may be visiting.