Bernard Ebbers and WorldCom: The $11 Billion Accounting Fraud
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1983 Bernard Ebbers and three partners sketched a company in a motel coffee shop in Hattiesbu...
7 Okt 21min
Charles Van Doren and the Rigged Quiz Show That Fooled America
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charles Van Doren was a Columbia University English professor from a family of Pulitzer Prize wi...
7 Okt 12min
The Hungarian Pengo: The Worst Hyperinflation Ever Recorded
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A banknote with a face value of 100 quintillion, a one followed by 20 zeros, could buy about 20 ...
7 Okt 23min
The 419 Scam: Why Nigerian Prince Emails Are Bad on Purpose
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The email from a foreign prince offering 20 million dollars looks like a joke, yet advance fee f...
7 Okt 22min
Charles Ingram, the Coughing Major: Millionaire Cheat or Scapegoat?
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Charles Ingram admitted on national television that he did not know what a googol was, chose it ...
7 Okt 21min
The Klondike Gold Rush: A Ton of Gear, Dead Horses and Few Fortunes
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the summer of 1897 the ships Excelsior and Portland docked with holds full of raw gold, and S...
7 Okt 24min
J. Paul Getty: The Oil Billionaire Who Haggled Over a Ransom
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!J. Paul Getty was the wealthiest private citizen on the planet, and he installed a coin-operated...
7 Okt 18min
Navinder Sarao and the 2010 Flash Crash: Stub Quotes and Spoofing
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!We expect a trillion dollar disaster to have a trillion dollar villain. The Flash Crash of May 6...
7 Okt 19min
