In a letter dated Jan. 3, SBF’s lawyers asked federal judge Lewis Kaplan to redact the names and identifying information of the two individuals who will co-sign SBF’s bail bond. The lawyers also requested that the personal data of the individuals who will provide bail sureties not be publicly disclosed by the government.

SBF was granted a $250 million bail on Dec. 22, 2022 — the highest pre-trial bail bond in US history.  SBF and his parents signed the bail bond, but the judge — as is usual in the case of large bail amounts — asked that the bond be signed by two other individuals of “considerable means,” one of whom should not be a relative.

SBF’s lawyers wrote in the letter:

“If the two remaining sureties are publicly identified, they will likely be subjected to probing media scrutiny and potentially targeted for harassment, despite having no substantive connection to the case.”

In the FTX bankruptcy case, a judge granted anonymity to FTX creditors, including those with substantial net worths, who did not wish their names to be made public.

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