Saving links so I can reconstruct this rabbit hole later:
2022-11 | Deadline
Lewis, the master of channeling complicated financial and statistical data-based stories into hit films — The Big Short, The Blind Side and Moneyball to name three — spent half a year with the nerdy Bankman-Fried when he was flying high and buying stadium naming rights, donating to Democratic candidates and hobnobbing with celebs he hired to endorse his wares.
https://deadline.com/2022/11/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-movie-michael-lewis-auction-the-dish-1235175725/
2023-08-11 | CNN
Prosecutors have characterized Bankman-Fried as the mastermind of one of the biggest financial frauds in US history. He is accused of stealing deposits from his cryptocurrency exchange FTX to finance risky bets at his crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research; funnel contributions to American politicians; and underwrite a luxury lifestyle for himself and his employees in the Bahamas.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23862959/ftx-trial-ryan-salame-pleads-guilty-criminal-charges
https://archive.org/details/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmakers-apocalypse-1991_202206