Directed by Bryan Storkel. A runtime of one hour and thirty-three minutes. Streaming on Netflix with an R rating.
This is the documentary about two high school enemies turned friends/business partners, Ray Trapani and Sam Sharma, whom they call "Sorbee." Showing these two entrepreneurs and their rise from rags to riches. They never came from rags, but they went to a new height of riches. The only problem is that they scammed their way there.
Ray Trapani, for lack of better words, is a true F-boy and has been one his whole life. He always wanted to be a millionaire. He claimed it and talked it into existence. With his family involved in some shady affairs, he was able to get some seed money to help start a business in Miami. Renting out exotic sports cars.
Having a great idea, along with doing it with two other friends from his youth, was great. Instead of stabilizing that business for the long haul, once funds started to come in, They all started using that money to party and get high.
Of course, that caused Ray to crash out.
Instead of trying to fix the issue, Ray and Sorbee cut their friend out of the business. Sorbee came up with an idea to jump into the booming cryptocurrency market at the time.
They replaced the one friend with Sorbee's sister's boyfriend. Making him another C. E. O. They came up with a great idea, but a completely made-up one. Exploiting celebrities and scamming millions of dollars from everyday working people and investors. Watch how easy it was to make up a fake business and start printing money from how well this scam was.
"Bitconned" had me in sheer disbelief. From the opening scene, you saw what kind of documentary this was going to be and what kind of person Ray was. Playing whoever and doing whatever to get to the next level. Stabbing anyone and everyone in the back. All in the name of greed.
The craziest part of it all is that these guys were truly smart. Ok, maybe smart is a bad choice of word. No, I take it back. You have to have some form of intelligence to come up with these ideas. You also have to have the drive to sustain them.
They did great business originally with the car service. Then, to make another idea about being able to deposit and withdraw your cryptocurrency at will, was a brilliant idea. With the amount of work they were doing to sustain the scam, they almost made their scam a legitimate business.
It's wild to see how easy it was to do all of this. Fooling so many people. It got to the point where they had a printer that printed money. Greed, a lack of experience, and intelligence in certain areas were their downfall. If they used their powers for good, I think they would have successful lives regardless.
This is a great documentary about something that happened recently. The ending was kind of foul. I still can't believe how easy it was to do all of this. It was also no shock to see how fast it crumbled when it finally did.
There is a promising future with cryptocurrency; we as a society are just not there yet. It seems like the crypto hype has fizzled out, but I think it will be back again. This is also a great example of showing you what it looks like to push your luck and how to play yourself out of a massive bag(money).
Know when you've won. Even with this last scam, I didn't see an endgame. Don't be shocked if you see Ray on the news in the future. Just saying. I give this documentary four fires 🔥🔥🔥🔥.
#CosmoandtheMovieWithin #CosmoMovieBlog #CosmoLanier #Bitconned.
This is the documentary about two high school enemies turned friends/business partners, Ray Trapani and Sam Sharma, whom they call "Sorbee." Showing these two entrepreneurs and their rise from rags to riches. They never came from rags, but they went to a new height of riches. The only problem is that they scammed their way there.
Ray Trapani, for lack of better words, is a true F-boy and has been one his whole life. He always wanted to be a millionaire. He claimed it and talked it into existence. With his family involved in some shady affairs, he was able to get some seed money to help start a business in Miami. Renting out exotic sports cars.
Having a great idea, along with doing it with two other friends from his youth, was great. Instead of stabilizing that business for the long haul, once funds started to come in, They all started using that money to party and get high.
Of course, that caused Ray to crash out.
Instead of trying to fix the issue, Ray and Sorbee cut their friend out of the business. Sorbee came up with an idea to jump into the booming cryptocurrency market at the time.
They replaced the one friend with Sorbee's sister's boyfriend. Making him another C. E. O. They came up with a great idea, but a completely made-up one. Exploiting celebrities and scamming millions of dollars from everyday working people and investors. Watch how easy it was to make up a fake business and start printing money from how well this scam was.
"Bitconned" had me in sheer disbelief. From the opening scene, you saw what kind of documentary this was going to be and what kind of person Ray was. Playing whoever and doing whatever to get to the next level. Stabbing anyone and everyone in the back. All in the name of greed.
The craziest part of it all is that these guys were truly smart. Ok, maybe smart is a bad choice of word. No, I take it back. You have to have some form of intelligence to come up with these ideas. You also have to have the drive to sustain them.
They did great business originally with the car service. Then, to make another idea about being able to deposit and withdraw your cryptocurrency at will, was a brilliant idea. With the amount of work they were doing to sustain the scam, they almost made their scam a legitimate business.
It's wild to see how easy it was to do all of this. Fooling so many people. It got to the point where they had a printer that printed money. Greed, a lack of experience, and intelligence in certain areas were their downfall. If they used their powers for good, I think they would have successful lives regardless.
This is a great documentary about something that happened recently. The ending was kind of foul. I still can't believe how easy it was to do all of this. It was also no shock to see how fast it crumbled when it finally did.
There is a promising future with cryptocurrency; we as a society are just not there yet. It seems like the crypto hype has fizzled out, but I think it will be back again. This is also a great example of showing you what it looks like to push your luck and how to play yourself out of a massive bag(money).
Know when you've won. Even with this last scam, I didn't see an endgame. Don't be shocked if you see Ray on the news in the future. Just saying. I give this documentary four fires 🔥🔥🔥🔥.
#CosmoandtheMovieWithin #CosmoMovieBlog #CosmoLanier #Bitconned.