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Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 4: When the story broke
Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 4: When the story broke

Season 12 Episode 4

The lie had held. Then it started to crack. In cases like this, collapse is rarely one sudden event. It is a sequence. A delay. A refusal. A missing …

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Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 3: The machinery behind the calm
Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 3: The machinery behind the calm

Season 12 Episode 3

The pitch had worked. The trust was in place. Now the question was how the money allegedly moved out of reach while the platform still looked alive. …

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Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 2: The pitch that made people believe
Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 2: The pitch that made people believe

Season 12 Episode 2

Africrypt did not win people over with charts or balance sheets. It won them over with a feeling. A feeling that they were early, that they were invi…

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Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 1: The startup that looked too clean
Africrypt: South Africa's $3.6 Billion Vanishing Act - Part 1: The startup that looked too clean

Season 12 Episode 1

Two brothers built a future that looked polished, modern, and almost inevitable. Then the money began to move, and the first lie became the one that …

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The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 5: Aftermath and Reckoning
The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 5: Aftermath and Reckoning

Season 11 Episode 5

After the collapse, the long, unspectacular work of law began. The noise of headlines faded, replaced by the quiet grind of recovery, litigation, and…

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The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 4: Collapse in Plain Sight
The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 4: Collapse in Plain Sight

Season 11 Episode 4

The first sign of a failing Ponzi isn’t a confession—it’s hesitation. Payments slow. Explanations multiply. Investors who once felt confident start t…

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The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 3: Paper Trails and Manufactured Trust
The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 3: Paper Trails and Manufactured Trust

Season 11 Episode 3

Every day, the Eron machine had to manufacture the look of a real mortgage lender. Statements. Loan files. Interest payments. Explanations for every …

2 months ago

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The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 2: The Seduction of Safety
The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 2: The Seduction of Safety

Season 11 Episode 2

What if the most dangerous investment isn’t the one that sounds too good to be true, but the one that seems boring, familiar, and safe? At Eron Mortg…

2 months ago

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The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 1: Ordinary Papers, Extraordinary Lies
The Eron Mortgage Fraud: Canada's Biggest Ponzi - Part 1: Ordinary Papers, Extraordinary Lies

Season 11 Episode 1

Picture yourself walking into a quiet suburban office, surrounded by nothing but file folders, fluorescent lights, and the hum of everyday finance. N…

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The Fyre Festival: Influencer Marketing Meets Fraud - Part 5: The cost of belief
The Fyre Festival: Influencer Marketing Meets Fraud - Part 5: The cost of belief

Season 10 Episode 5

Once the case moved into court, the story stopped being spectacle and became accounting. Billy McFarland pleaded guilty, and the festival became a le…

2 months, 1 week ago

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