Bankman Freed's entire House of Cards started to crumble as crypto asset prices plummeted in bank.

This morning we unsealed an eight-count indictment charging Samuel Bankman Freed.

I'm Jacob Silverman, host of the new podcast The Naked Emperor.

I'm going to explain how Sam Bankman Freed built and destroyed a multi-billion-dollar crypto empire.

Available now on CBC Listen and everywhere you get your podcast.

This is a CBC podcast.

Can I get you to start off by just by introducing yourself what's your name and your role in this specific case?

Sure. My name is Mark Agnaflow. I'm the lead attorney for Keith Reneieri.

I've been a lawyer for 28 years. My practice is based in Manhattan, but this is a case out of Brooklyn.

It's scheduled to go to trial this coming January.

Can I ask you why you agreed to do this interview?

I just thought that it's very easy and matters like this to have everyone talking about one viewpoint and not another viewpoint.

I mean, I think that the government's viewpoint is very clear.

I think it's errant and I think it's not the whole picture, but it's very clear that this is essentially a sex cult and that there's sex trafficking.

And my concern in matters like this is that there is another viewpoint.

I'm Josh Block. This is Escaping Nexium from CBC Podcasts Uncover.

Chapter 6. The Defense.

Since the start of this investigation, my questions for Keith have been piling up.

I've wanted to hear his perspective on all kinds of things.

What does he think of the allegation that he's the head of a cult?

Was he running DOS or wasn't he?

But was DOS 4? And why did membership involve branding his initials on the women who joined?

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