SBF’s lawyers unable to tap his parent’s phones to meet bail conditions
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team have requested a third extension on the enforcement of his revised bail conditions, citing difficulties in installing monitoring software on his parents cell phones to capture a photo of the user “every five minutes.”
In an April 19 court filing in the Southern District of New York, Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers, Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell, stated that they have successfully implemented “all of the bail conditions set forth in the Order,'' with the exception of monitoring the usage of Bankman-Fried’s parents’ cell phones. It was noted:
Cohen and Everdell stated they were “optimistic” at the time of filing that they had found a solution to monitor the cell phones but needed the extra time to “conduct further tests on the monitoring software to confirm its capabilities.”
The legal team requested until April 21 to find a solution, howeverat the time of writing there has been no evidence to suggest a solution has been found yet.
The lawyers requested in the meantime that Bankman-Fried’s parents be allowed to continue using “their existing cellphones” until a resolution is reached.
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Speaking to Cointelegraph, Ken Gamble, executive chairman of private intelligence firm IFW Global, believes there is a conflict between the choice of phone model and the monitoring software being implemented.
He noted that certain newer phone models, are unable to “install the latest monitoring software” due to inherent security measures on the devices.
Gamble emphasized that the latest iPhones, for example, cannot have monitoring software implemented without actually “jailbreaking the device” first.
He suggested the solution may
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