FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted Thursday of stealing billions of dollars from customers of his crypto exchange. The verdict capped the stunning fall of the onetime crypto king, whose shaggy-haired, boy-genius persona helped catapult FTX into a powerhouse trading platform that sponsored sports teams and ran glitzy ads featuring football great Tom Brady, model Gisele Bündchen and comedian Larry David. 📷: Anthony Kwan for WSJ, John Taggart for WSJ, Justin Lane/Shutterstock, Reuters, Getty #ftx #sbf #sambankmanfried #crypto #bakmanfried #jury #fraud #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal