S.B.F. and an ‘O.C.’ Star Walk Into a Hotel…

Welcome back to Dry Powder. I’m Bill Cohan. While interviewing Sam Bankman-Fried for his forthcoming book on the crypto craze, the actor Ben McKenzie began to detect a suspicious evasiveness. In today’s issue—the sixth installment of the S.B.F. Chronicles—McKenzie spills about what first set off his fraudster radar.
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While interviewing Sam Bankman-Fried for his forthcoming book on the crypto craze, the actor Ben McKenzie began to detect a suspicious evasiveness. In today’s issue—the sixth installment of the S.B.F. Chronicles—McKenzie spills about what first set off his fraudster radar.

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S.B.F. and an ‘O.C.’ Star Walk Into a Hotel…

Before Bankman-Fried’s downfall, the actor Ben McKenzie engaged in on-and-off correspondence with the alleged crypto scammer. Nearly a year later, McKenzie reflects on how S.B.F.’s purported crimes were “even dumber and simpler than I thought.”

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Nearly a year ago, on July 20, the actor-turned-crypto-skeptic-cum-author Ben McKenzie met with Sam Bankman-Fried at the One Hotel, near Central Park, for an interview for his forthcoming book. At the time, S.B.F. was at the peak of his powers at FTX—the unbathed alleged billionaire prodigy who had the whole world believing his hype. He was in town for media interviews with Bloomberg, and with Fortune, for what would turn out to be the infamous...

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