A federal judge revoked FTX founder <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/category/sam-bankman-fried" target="_blank">Sam Bankman-Fried's</a> bail during a hearing on Friday, thereby ordering him to jail.

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan revoked Bankman-Fried's bail after prosecutors argued that the FTX founder attempted to harass a key witness in the case.

<div><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/343/192/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/686/384/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/672/378/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/1344/756/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/931/523/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/1862/1046/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/720/405/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/1440/810/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2023/08/931/523/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-1556770481.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="Sam Bankman-Fried" width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div><p><span>Former FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the Federal Courthouse following a bail hearing ahead of his October trial, in New York City on July 26, 2023. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)</span><span> (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)</span></p></div>

<i>This is a developing story. The Associated Press contributed to this report</i>

A federal judge on Friday revoked bail for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's after prosecutors said that he attempted to harass a witness.{ai:summary}<p>FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's bail revoked after he allegedly harassed a key witness. #crime</p>

Sam Bankman-Fried's bail revoked as federal judge orders FTX founder to jail

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