It’s Not Easy Being Sam Bankman-Fried
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 14 December 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Federal authorities officially charged FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with multiple counts of criminal fraud and other financial crimes. It follows the stunning collapse of what was once the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – while $8 billion in customer funds remain unaccounted for.
Twitter abruptly dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the volunteer advisory group formed in 2016 to address online safety, harassment, and other issues on the platform. And since Elon Musk’s takeover in October, rates of hate speech on Twitter have skyrocketed.
And in headlines: today marks 10 years since the Sandy Hook shooting, President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, and Megan Thee Stallion told an L.A. jury about the night that rapper Tory Lanez allegedly shot at her feet.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, December 14th. |
| 0:03.4 | I'm Priyanka Arbindi. |
| 0:04.8 | And I'm wanted a tolover, and this is what a day. |
| 0:07.0 | Well, we're hereby volunteering to help Angela Bassett polish the Golden Globe. |
| 0:10.6 | She's gonna win for her performance in Wakanda forever. |
| 0:13.8 | Yeah, she got nominated this week making her the first actor to get the nod for their work in the MCU. |
| 0:20.0 | And listen, we just want to offer our services. |
| 0:22.3 | That's all we're trying to do here. |
| 0:23.5 | We're available. We're going on two-week break. |
| 0:25.8 | Holiday? We've got some time. |
| 0:27.8 | We're around. |
| 0:31.1 | On today's show, the healing continues a decade after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. |
| 0:36.6 | Plus, supporters of Brazil's outgoing far-right president try to stage a January 6th style attack. |
| 0:43.0 | Yikes. Double yikes, actually, because what? |
| 0:46.6 | Yeah, no. We're not into that. |
| 0:48.1 | But first, the FTX guy with three names was arrested on Monday night in the Bahamas. |
| 0:52.8 | And what federal prosecutors have dubbed, quote, one of the biggest financial frauds in American history. |
| 0:58.6 | His parents must be so proud. |
| 1:00.2 | Yeah, I mean, honestly, that seems hard to do. |
| 1:02.6 | So, congrats there, I guess. |
| 1:04.9 | Yesterday, federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York announced that they officially charged |
| 1:09.4 | Sam Beckman-Freed with defrauding investors and customers, |
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