Netflix’s series about the FTX fiasco has found its leading effective altruists
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Summary
Netflix is the latest company looking to capitalise on the Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX scandal with a new series about the former CEO and his partner Caroline Ellison.
Titled The Altruists, the eight-part series will recount how the pair enriched themselves through fraudulent means before being sentenced to 25 and two years in prison respectively.
It has been reported that Anthony Boyle (Tetris) and Julia Garner (Ozark) have been cast as the two main characters.
The series has been produced by Higher Ground Productions and New York Magazine/Vox Media Studios.
Netflix’s description of the series is said to be hyperbolic, with theplatform claiming Bankman-Fried and Ellison took 8bndollarsina"8 billion heist”.