How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Psychiatrist Became a Key Player at Crypto Exchange FTX

Early last year, Sam Bankman-Fried told an FTX all-hands meeting about an addition to the company’s staff. Dr. George Lerner introduced himself on the video meeting and encouraged workers to consult with him, meeting attendees recalled. FTX collapsed in November, brought down by revelations that it had misused billions of dollars of customer funds.