A New York judge suddenly revealed on Wednesday the identities of two people who helped secure Sam Bankman-Fried’s massive bail agreement, even as the FTX founder was appealing the decision to make their names public.
The two individuals are Andreas Paepcke, who signed a $200,000 bond, and Larry Kramer, who signed a $500,000 bond.
Judge Lewis Kaplan had previously agreed to temporarily seal the names while he considered the matter; news organizations objected to redacting the identities, and Kaplan later agreed to make the information public. He did, however, give the parties time to appeal the order.
Bankman-Fried’s team filed a notice of appeal on Feb. 7, the docket shows.
But on Wednesday, Judge Kaplan wrote in an order that because “no application for a further stay has been made to the Court of Appeals,” he would order the clerk to release the co-signers’ identities.
Representatives for Bankman-Fried did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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