A judge ordered Wednesday in Manhattan that disgraced crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried be barred from accessing or transferring funds from his former crypto exchange, FTX, and its sister trading firm, Alameda Research. The decision comes just days after blockchain researchers discovered that funds were being transferred from crypto wallets associated with his trading firm, Alameda Research, that had previously been associated with the founder. Bankman-Fried tweeted on December 30 that he was not responsible for the transfers, but Bloomberg reported the same day that federal prosecutors were investigating the transactions.
