Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX and the cofounder of Alameda Research, is about to begin his trial for fraud. A year ago, Forbes ranked the 31-year-old as the 41st richest American and the 60th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $26 billion. Some called him a genius, and many analysts lauded his abilities in quantitative research. But it turns out it was all a fraud. On the episode of The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with author and Professor Bill Black about the curious case of SBF and the greed behind the banking industry.
