6. Sex, Lies and Offshore Empires: How a Bahamas Startup Worth $32 Billion Became a Mirage
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Sam Bankman-Fried is a 30-year-old American cryptopreneur who ran a sprawling empire of 134 entities (including in Jersey) worth tens of billions of dollars from an offshore aerie in the Bahamas. With a bunch of his closest friends. Some of whom were romantically entangled. He is now denying stealing billions of dollars in customer funds from house arrest. If there’s ever been a story like this, we haven’t heard it.    BONUS: A spirited discussion on Prince Harry’s very strange memoir, “Spare,” and what we believe to be the love quotient of the UK Royal Family.  Show Notes: Crypto’s Tax Shelter Problem - Leah McGrath Goodman, Institutional Investor, January 11, 2023. ftx.com alameda-research.com COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. SAMUEL BANKMAN-FRIED, FTX TRADING LTD D/B/A FTX.COM, ALAMEDA RESEARCH LLC, CAROLINE ELLISON and ZIXIAO “GARY” WANG Defendants. Case 1:22-cv-10503-PKC Document 13 Filed 12/21/22 FTX CEO [John Ray] Testifies on Cryptocurrency Company's Collapse - C-Span, December 13, 2022. SBF's Substack CFTC complaint against FTX Trading, et al. Keeping Up with the Bankman-Frieds https://puck.news/keeping-up-with-the-bankman-frieds/ SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX Press Release: SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX United States Attorney Announces Charges Against FTX Founder Samuel Bankman-Fried  Prince Harry: The 60 Minutes Interview Spare by Harry Mikey Guggenheim - I Like the Stock feat. Derik (Visualizer) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp_bGdp_yhc
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