EXPLAINED: 5 - The Real Truth

Fraud, cons and Ponzi schemes: did Sam Bankman-Fried use Madoff tactics?

The fallen crypto mogul is fighting off accusations he followed a similar playbook to Madoff – and deceived investors in the process

The Guardian - US · Dec 17, 2022

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 17 December 2022

This man needs little introduction. He's a scoundrel who drank his own bath water. A gambling exemplar of modern techno-capitalism. And if we lived in a just society, Sam Bankman-Fried would be TIME magazine's Person of the Year.

inkl Originals · Dec 17, 2022

FTX’s venture investments in limbo with SBF in custody and prosecutors and lawyers circling crumbs of his crypto empire

The SEC claims Sam Bankman-Fried used FTX customer funds to make venture investments.

Fortune · Dec 14, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried accused of fraud by SEC ahead of criminal charges

SBF was arrested on Monday night in the Bahamas at the request of U.S. authorities.

Axios · Dec 13, 2022

SBF was arrested before a pivotal congressional hearing on FTX’s monumental collapse. Here’s how to watch and what to expect

What questions will lawmakers ask with SBF in custody?

Fortune · Dec 13, 2022

Ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas. What happens next?

The U.S. is "likely" to make a request for the former FTX CEO's extradition back to the U.S., the Bahamas said on Monday.

Fortune · Dec 13, 2022

Why did we need cryptocurrency?

It's deeply surprising that investing in money that isn't money, at a bank that isn't a bank, didn't go well

Salon · Dec 10, 2022

The SBF media blitz's key messages

The FTX collapse is the irresistible trainwreck story in business right now, but all the coverage of its instigator might be serving his purposes, as much as the public interest.

Axios · Dec 8, 2022

The fate of Sam Bankman-Fried's investments

Sam Bankman-Fried invested billions into startups. Those companies are wondering what happens next.

Axios · Dec 7, 2022

Commentary: What Sam Bankman-Fried’s grungy T-shirt reveals about genius and gender

Is slovenliness an index of genius? This is one of the questions raised by the downfall of “crypto wunderkind” Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, as he is known.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022