Yes, in 2022 we have reached a point where the low-bar for being a youtube "financial influencer" is literally lacking a college degree but having experience as a magician.
Interesting to see the scams play out in real time. To be clear it looks like bots on his channel not something he is actually promoting. His content seemed not that bad? Extremely clickbaity for sure.
Also, lol @ the comments: https://amazonwt.com/js/ytc-settings.js
... actually, when I think about that, I believe those scammers are German, IMO. They used the word "commis" for comments, which kinda looks like a false friend from the german netspeak "Kommis". They also have a german comment in there, "Geht das echt" (=> "Does this work", very non-ML, native speaker translation), no other non-english language. Mhh.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/efficientmarkethypothes...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-01/jpmorgan-...
Well magics got him very far all right... I guess it's where he learned how to manipulate people and get their trust. Although I also imagine, there are more people that didn't fall for his tricks than the ones who did, but the few of them that did fall for his scams were rich enough to provide him with a luxury life style, that guy is still a millionaire.
I mean exploiting desperate people with cancer with a bullshit cure, at a premium, what a complete sociopath, no wonder it escalated to murder...
I find it absolutely crazy how easy it was for that guy to relocate in USA despite being wanted in Turkey, especially after 9/11, in that little time. When I see how hard it is for people who are trying to get a greencard legally...
I was under the impression that the US specifically wanted to host certain Turks as a sort of "what if the balance of power in Turkey shifts?" foreign policy strategy. Gülen's been here since 1999. Being wanted in Turkey is obviously not an obstacle; that's the reason we let them in.