Sam Bankman-Fried: the arrest of the disgraced crypto crusader

The founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX was arrested on Monday

Sam Bankman-Fried testifying during a House Agriculture Committee hearing
Sam Bankman-Fried ‘built a house of cards on a foundation of deception’
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Another chapter in “the spectacular rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried”, founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX, said DealBook in The New York Times: he was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday.

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