The Fake Genius: A $30 BILLION Fraud
"Everyone likes a story about an underdog, someone out of the ordinary an unlikely genius who comes once in a lifetime, someone who wants to change the world for good… this is not one of those stories."
Synopsis
In the span of about one week, Sam Bankman-Fried went from being a crypto billionaire to bankruptcy. In November 2022, one of the biggest tales of financial fraud was unraveling and it all centered around one man and a web of lies spun over the course of a few years.
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