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Today's guest is famed short-seller Marc Cohodes. Marc has investigated and brought down some major frauds in the past, and earlier this year he set his eyes on crypto darling Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX. Unless you\u2019ve been living under a rock, you must be aware of the bankruptcy of FTX and other related crypto entities, but the bigger story may be the alleged fraud, which includes accusations of stealing billions of dollars of customer deposits, providing executives with loans up to $1 billion, and much more.\nThis is a story that almost seems too insane to be true. Hindsight bias comes for us all, and while many people now say the red flags were clear as day, there were very few people criticizing or Sam & FTX before the recent couple of weeks. But on August 1 this year, Marc tweeted, \u201cThe Best Short on The Board is this fella\u2026SBF.\u201d\nJohn Ray is the new CEO & Chief Restructuring Officer for FTX and famously oversaw the liquidation of Enron. Given his decades of experience in this role, the statement he made in the recent bankruptcy filing is eye-opening and summarizes the depth of the situation: "never in my career have I seen such a complete failure of corporate controls and such a complete absence of trustworthy financial information as occurred here [at FTX].\u201d\nSince this is a story that seems to change by the day, note that we are recording this on Monday, November 21st.\n-----\nFollow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube\nFor detailed show notes, click here\nTo learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our\xa0mailing list\xa0or visit us at cambriainvestments.com\n-----\nToday\u2019s episode is sponsored by The Idea Farm. The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world\u2019s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Subscribe for free here.\n-----\nInterested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com\n-----\nPast guests include\xa0Ed Thorp,\xa0Richard Thaler,\xa0Jeremy Grantham,\xa0Joel Greenblatt,\xa0Campbell Harvey,\xa0Ivy Zelman,\xa0Kathryn Kaminski,\xa0Jason Calacanis,\xa0Whitney Baker,\xa0Aswath Damodaran,\xa0Howard Marks,\xa0Tom Barton, and many more.\xa0\n-----\nMeb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out\xa0here!\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices