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Nick Leeson and the Collapse of Barings Bank - Part 1: The Small First Lie
Season 9 Episode 1
Nick Leeson did not look like a man about to destroy Britain’s oldest merchant bank. He looked like a junior trader doing well in a distant office. B…
15 hours ago
OneCoin: The Crypto That Was Never on a Blockchain - Part 5: The Cost of Belief
Season 8 Episode 5
The crowds are gone, the stages are empty, and what’s left is paperwork, loss, and the echo of promises that never came true. But the search for Ruja…
3 days, 15 hours ago
OneCoin: The Crypto That Was Never on a Blockchain - Part 4: Collapse and Disappearance
Season 8 Episode 4
People started asking the one question OneCoin could never answer: if this is real, why can’t I get my money out? The applause faded, the rooms empti…
4 days, 15 hours ago
OneCoin: The Crypto That Was Never on a Blockchain - Part 3: The Illusion Engine
Season 8 Episode 3
The show was dazzling, the crowds were growing, but behind the curtains, the real coin was nowhere to be found. What was powering OneCoin wasn’t tech…
5 days, 15 hours ago
OneCoin: The Crypto That Was Never on a Blockchain - Part 2: Selling the Dream
Season 8 Episode 2
A stadium full of people, music pumping, lights flashing, and a single message echoing off the walls: this is your chance to get rich before the worl…
6 days, 15 hours ago
OneCoin: The Crypto That Was Never on a Blockchain - Part 1: The Birth of the Crypto Queen
Season 8 Episode 1
Picture a woman stepping onto a stage, lights blazing, applause thundering, and a promise in her voice: this is your chance to join the future. Most …
1 week ago
The Original Con: How Charles Ponzi Invented Modern Fraud - Part 5: A Name That Lasted
Season 7 Episode 5
After the collapse came the courtroom, and in the courtroom the story changed shape. Charles Ponzi was no longer the man on School Street promising e…
1 week, 3 days ago
The Original Con: How Charles Ponzi Invented Modern Fraud - Part 4: The Collapse Begins
Season 7 Episode 4
The unraveling did not begin with sirens. It began with pressure. Too many claims. Too much cash demanded. Too many questions about the supposed coup…
1 week, 4 days ago
The Original Con: How Charles Ponzi Invented Modern Fraud - Part 3: The Machinery of Belief
Season 7 Episode 3
By the time the deposits became large, Charles Ponzi was no longer running a simple lie. He was running a machine. And like any machine, it needed fu…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Original Con: How Charles Ponzi Invented Modern Fraud - Part 2: The Crowd and the Promise
Season 7 Episode 2
The office on School Street did something more dangerous than hold money. It turned hope into a line. Charles Ponzi’s pitch was simple enough to repe…
1 week, 6 days ago