Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has slammed the media for giving former FTX CEO Sam "SBF" Bankman-Fried a "free pass," likening him to notorious fraudster Bernie Madoff. Hoskinson criticized the attention given to SBF despite evidence of FTX's involvement in misappropriating and stealing customer funds. He called out author Michael Lewis, whose book on SBF has gained significant media traction ahead of the former FTX CEO's trial. The jury trial began last week, with testimony revealing that SBF's trading company, Alameda Research, had a secret backdoor into FTX for funneling customers' funds as early as 2019.