Judge blocks Bankman-Fried's attempt to obtain key documents in fraud prosecution: Report
The request was denied by US District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who characterized it as a "fishing expedition" lacking justification. Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of FTX, has been denied his request to obtain documents from a Silicon Valley law firm, Fenwick & West LLP, as part of his defense strategy in his ongoing federal fraud case, Bloomberg reported. Bankman-Fried had hoped to use these documents to support his claim that he relied on legal advice while engaging in the activities for which he is currently facing prosecution . In a recent development, Bankman-Fried's legal team approached the judge overseeing the case, urging the prosecution to hand over the documents obtain ed from Fenwick & West or to allow them to be obtain ed directly through a subpoena. However, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed the request, calling it as "fishing expedition" that would not be justified. In preparation for his defense, Bankman-Fried's legal tea...