The charges against Sam Bankman-Fried
Two weeks ago, while speculating on why disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was still a free man, we noted that his best strategy to avoid criminal charges would be to portray his crypto exchange’s spectacular collapse as a feat of embarrassing incompetence rather than unmitigated greed.His bizarre media blitz in early December was certainly an attempt to cement this narrative in the public consciousness.But as of this week, SBF is no longer a free man, having been arrested in the Bahamas on Monday. What’s more, it…