

He was subsequently arrested and charged with crimes including fraud and money laundering. He was a familiar figure in the financial world but became a household name after both companies collapsed last year. And I can hang around as long as I want, see whatever I want.”īankman-Fried co-founded the crypto exchange FTX and the trading firm Alameda Research. When it all comes crashing down last November, it’s literally me, his parents, and his therapist.

Lewis told the newspaper that Bankman-Fried did not limit access to him. Lewis, known for nonfiction books including The Big Short, Moneyball, and The Premonition, said he paid a visit to Bankman-Fried and told the businessman, “I don’t know what’s going to happen to you, I don’t know where your story is going, I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Michael Lewis says he was given total access to indicted cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried for his upcoming book on the FTX founder, the Guardian reports.
