The prosecution needs to establish that Sam Bankman-Fried spent time in Manhattan, the jurisdiction where he is currently on trial for seven federal counts of fraud and conspiracy, and they did so strategically. 

The government presented a series of emails and FBI cell phone tracking data in an effort to depict Bankman-Fried as a hobnobbing, indulgent fraudster frequently seen galavanting around New York City in 2021 and 2022.

From dinners at exclusive hotels with high-rollers to office visits with investors and magazine photoshoots, prosecutors provided more than enough evidence to show the jury that Bankman-Fried was in town, and, as it would appear, out on the town. 

In perhaps the…

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