In the criminal case against former FTX CEO Nick Bankman-Fried, US prosecutors released a text message and email from SBF to current CEO Robert Ray.

In court documents released on January 30th, the Justice Department responded to a resolution explicitly proposed by the Bankman-Fried legal elite team that sought to delete some of the proposed changes to his bail conditions, including a strict ban on touching FTX's ex-boyfriend and current employees. According to prosecutors, SBF tried to contact Robert Ray, the current CEO of FTX, and Ryan Steiger, general counsel of the United States of FTX.

In an email to Ray on Jan. 2, Bankman-Fried made it clear that he had not had an easy start and offered to meet the FTX chief executive in person in the UK. Allowed to stay away from his parents' home in California, appear in court and give a plea of not guilty. The news came after a message on December 30th, when SBF quoted a Cointelegraph report trying to deal with the financial situation related to Alameda Wallet:

"it is difficult for you to acquire this asset, but I suspect that your team may have the ability to transfer and maintain this asset [.] If it's also helpful, I'd be more than happy to talk about what you might be able to browse their form.

In the autopsy overview of FTX's bankruptcy released on January 12th, Bankman-Fry mentioned that Sullivan&Crowell law firm and FTX's general counsel in the United States put pressure on her to take the position of Lei as his successor. Earlier, Ray responded to SBF's claim that FTX, as a former chief executive, "doesn't have constant personas" at the company or its subsidiaries and "doesn't speak for them."

Documents dated January 27th show that Bankman-Fried tried to contact Steiger, reportedly to "jeopardize" her testimony in a criminal case. This prompted the prosecutor to propose a clear resolution to change the bail conditions of SBF in order to avoid contact with FTX employees and to use data encryption applications such as Signal. The document submitted on January 30th contains a proposed restriction prohibiting SBF from "browsing or relocating all FTX or Alameda property or digital currency".

Liquidation proceedings for FTX are already under way in Delaware, while SBF's criminal trial is scheduled for October at the United States Regional people's Court in Manhattan.