The FTX Collapse: How Sam Bankman-Fried Lost $32 Billion in 10 Days

In early November 2022 FTX was the world’s second largest cryptocurrency exchange valued at $32 billion. Sam Bankman-Fried — known as SBF — was celebrated as a genius philanthropist and the face of responsible crypto. Ten days later FTX had filed for bankruptcy, eight billion dollars of customer funds had vanished, and SBF was under house arrest in the Bahamas. Here is exactly how the fastest collapse of a major financial institution in history happened.

The Titanic Conspiracy: Was It Actually the Olympic That Sank in 1912?

The Titanic conspiracy theory goes like this — White Star Line secretly swapped the Titanic with its damaged sister ship the Olympic before the fatal 1912 voyage, planning to sink the older ship for insurance fraud. 1,500 people died. Here is the full evidence for and against one of the most detailed and disturbing conspiracy theories ever constructed around a real historical tragedy.

The Enron Scandal: How the Biggest Corporate Fraud in History Actually Worked

For six consecutive years Fortune magazine named Enron America’s Most Innovative Company. Its stock price soared. Its executives were celebrated as visionaries. Its revenue appeared to reach $111 billion. Then in October 2001 the whole thing collapsed in sixteen days, taking 20,000 jobs, $74 billion in shareholder value, and the life savings of thousands of employees with it. Here is exactly how one of the most sophisticated frauds in corporate history actually worked.

Theranos Explained: How Elizabeth Holmes Fooled Silicon Valley, Patients, and the World

Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford at 19, promised to revolutionise medicine with a single drop of blood, and built a $9 billion company on it. Investors poured in hundreds of millions. Patients trusted their health to the results. Almost none of the technology actually worked. Here is the full story of the most spectacular fraud in Silicon Valley history.

Crypto Rug Pulls Explained: How Scammers Steal Millions and Disappear

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