Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail as bail revoked

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at Manhattan federal court in New York (Bebeto Matthews/AP)

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left a US federal courtroom in handcuffs when a judge revoked his bail after concluding that the fallen cryptocurrency entrepreneur had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.

Bankman-Fried drooped his head as Judge Lewis A Kaplan explained at length why he believed the California man had repeatedly pushed the boundaries of his 250 million dollar (£197 million) bail package to a point that Judge Kaplan could no longer ensure the protection of the community, including prosecutors’ witnesses, unless the 31-year-old was behind bars.