Judge Lewis Kaplan approved the alternative method employed by Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers to monitor his parents’ cell phones despite not meeting some of the conditions set by the court.

The court ordered SBF’s defense in March to monitor his parents’ phones to ensure that he was not doing anything that goes against the conditions of his bail.

SBF’s lawyers told the court that the defense had submitted a list of the apps SBF’s parents use to the government and installed monitoring software on both their phones.

The software will keep track of the internet browsing, messages and apps on the phone to ensure that SBF does not violate his bail terms.

However, the software is not capable of photographing the user every five minutes as stipulated in the court’s previous order.

(by Assad Jafri)