Federal prosecutors have submitted a motion seeking to revoke the $250 million bond granted to Sam Bankman-Fried, alleging the founder of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange engaged in new attempts to tamper with government witnesses while out on pretrial release.

In a 12-page letter submitted to Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday, prosecutors accused Bankman-Fried of leaking “personal and raw” diary entries written by his ex-girlfriend and former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison to The New York Times in order to “portray a key cooperator testifying against him in a poor and inculpatory light.”

“By sharing Ellison’s private writings about her insecurities and heartache with the hope that it would be published by the New York Times, the defendant’s conduct also constitutes an attempt to ‘intentionally harass’ Ellison to hinder, prevent, or dissuade her from testifying,” the letter states.

The filing was signed by United States Attorney Damian Williams and five Assistant United States Attorneys, including AUSA Danielle Sassoon, who first requested Bankman-Fried’s bail be revoked earlier this week.

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