In the week's after FTX's implosion, many viewed Sam Bankman-Fried as a scamp who had gotten in over his head. As the full extent of his crimes became known, however, a much darker story emerged: Bankman-Fried was not a misguided young man, but a manipulative liar and narcissist who did not give a damn whom he hurt. When he leaked his one-time girlfriend's personal diary to the New York Times this month, no one was particularly surprised.
Then there is the matter of his family. As with the FTX founder himself, recent court revelations have meant that any initial inclinations to give them the benefit of the doubt were ill-founded and naive.
