Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers agreed to pay for an expert to explain VPNs and disappearing messages to the judge in his case

• Sam Bankman-Fried has been banned from using VPNs and auto-deleting messaging apps while on bail.
• Judge Lewis Kaplan then warned about sending the FTX cofounder back to jail over his use of electronics.
• And now Bankman-Fried's lawyers have agreed to pay for a technology expert to advise the 78-year-old judge.

Lawyers for the FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried wrote to the judge presiding over his criminal case on Tuesday, agreeing to pay for an expert to help explain virtual private networks (VPNs) and disappearing messages.