SOLUTIONS: A Former CIA Analyst's Plan to Stop America's Scam Epidemic
Episode 43: Ken Westbrook shares how his mother got him into fighting scams, the challenge in measuring the scale of scams, and the actions the U.S. needs to take to better fight scams. When Ken W...
4 Mar 46min
From Credit Card Bust-Outs to Pig Butchering: A 26-Year Fraud Fighter Exposes the Gaps | Steve Lenderman
Episode 42: What do synthetic identities, bust-out credit card fraud, and pig butchering scams have in common? More than you'd think. In this episode of Stolen, Erin sits down with Steve Lenderman — a...
25 Feb 44min
Erin West Inside Cambodia’s Pig Butchering Scam Compounds: Crypto Fraud, Human Trafficking & the Global Crackdown
Episode 41: Erin West returns to Cambodia to investigate whether the world’s largest pig butchering scam operations are truly shutting down—or simply regrouping. From Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville, she ...
18 Feb 40min
SOLUTIONS: Fighting the Scamdemic with Smarter Technology
Episode 40: Erin West and Scamnetic CEO Al Pascual discuss the growing issue of scams and the development of innovative technology solutions to combat them. They explore the importance of technology i...
11 Feb 34min
SOLUTIONS: How Banks, Data Sharing, and Smart Friction Can Disrupt the Scam Economy
Episode 39: #whatifwecould actually slow the global scam epidemic? In this episode of Stolen, Erin West speaks with former bank executive and fraud leader Donna Turner about the hard truths behind sc...
4 Feb 41min
CRISIS IN CAMBODIA: Shakilu has found a shelter
Update from Cambodia: Shakilu was released from the scam compound where he’d been trafficked and forced to scam, but he’s now trapped with no way to get home. Stolen is hosted by Erin West, former S...
2 Feb 2min
CRISIS IN CAMBODIA: My trafficked Ugandan friend is alive and needs to get home (Ep 38)
In this episode of Stolen, Erin West shares an update she never expected to give. Months ago, Erin was in regular contact with a young man from Uganda who had been trafficked into a scam compound in C...
30 Jan 6min
SOLUTIONS: A Student-Led Answer to the AI Education Gap with Adya Tewari (Ep 37)
The future of AI education isn’t coming from a boardroom—it’s coming from a high school classroom. Erin West speaks with student innovator Adya Tewari. Stolen is hosted by Erin West, former Santa Cl...
28 Jan 16min
