# FTX: The Fastest Collapse of a Crypto Empire - Part 5: What trust cost

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Published: 2026-06-26T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Once FTX was broken, the fight moved into court. That is where the story stopped being about a glamorous crypto brand and became a record of losses, intent, and responsibility.In December of twenty twenty-two, the United States government charged Sam Bankman-Fried with fraud-related offenses. The criminal case in the Southern District of New York became the central stage for testing the architecture of the deception. What had first looked like a balance-sheet collapse now had to be reconstructed account by account, transaction by transaction, and decision by decision.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/ftx-sam-bankman-fried The Fraud Archive is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to exploring history's greatest cons, scams, and financial crimes. Support the podcast and access exclusive content on Patreon: https://thearchivenetwork.com/support Discover more archives and stories: https://thearchivenetwork.com Explore this archive: https://thefraudarchive.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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