I would be careful about psycholigical explanations for followers of the EA movement committing fraud. It might be due to ends-justify-the-means thinking, but other possibilities, such as EA alignment being a useful tool to faciliate fraud, are also possible.
That is not a possibility in this case, because SBF was was interested in EA for 5+ years before this fraud, and was raised as a utilitarian since childhood.
I would be careful about psycholigical explanations for followers of the EA movement committing fraud. It might be due to ends-justify-the-means thinking, but other possibilities, such as EA alignment being a useful tool to faciliate fraud, are also possible.
That is not a possibility in this case, because SBF was was interested in EA for 5+ years before this fraud, and was raised as a utilitarian since childhood.