Ergebnis für "The Fraud" in True Crime

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Dive into the true memoirs of one of the 19th century's most audacious con artists. This is the fascinating story of a young man raised in a strict home who, upon entering the fast-paced world of Wall Street, is seduced by the promise of quick wealth...

Brought to you by Penguin. When investigative journalist Dan McCrum first came across Wirecard, the hot new tech company that looked poised to challenge Silicon Valley, it all looked a little too good to be true: offices were sprouting up all over the world, they were reporting runaway growth...

From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash.

Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios). Now a #1 international bestseller, Billion Dollar...

A New York Times Most Anticipated Nonfiction Book of 2026 "I have found few books lately as immediately compelling as Barragán's, and as a reader, I could not put it down . . . The Yahoo Boys is a tour-de-force." —Jon Lee Anderson "[Carlos] Barragán's writing is as personal as it is...

"Oh My Fraud" is a podcast where the true crime is shocking, gruesome, heinous, but with way fewer dead bodies. Hosted by Caleb Newquist, each episode explores fraud cases from petty swindles to corporate conspiracies, examining the people involved, their motives, methods, and how they spent the loot before it all came to a spectacular, inevitable end.

Modern history is filled with terrible crimes, baffling hoaxes, and seedy scandals. The infamous Jack the Ripper slayings. The alleged survival of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the murdered Tsar. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong's public fall from grace. The Chicago Tylenol poisonings and the copycat crimes that followed.

A riveting exposé of the massive crime wave impacting every taxpayer and undermining our government and our national security Scams are everywhere. We watch our inboxes for dubious links and our bank statements for suspicious activity. We ask our older relatives to stay away from the nice young...

A “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of history and reportage that unveils the stranger-than-fiction world of multilevel marketing: a massive money-making scam and radical political conspiracy that has remade American society. “Reads like a thriller . . . masterfully illuminates the...

The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks' feature film of the same name, from the author of Scam Me If You Can. Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was...

An epic true story of ambition, greed and hubris that nearly brought down the British government. 'The British version of Bad Blood . . . [but] better' – The Sunday Times 'Terrific' – The Observer, Book of the Week In March 2021, an obscure financial technology company called Greensill...

Sam Bankman-Fried—better known as SBF—was at the top of the world and lauded as a leading figure in cryptocurrency, an industry whose popularity has exploded over the past few years. He was being compared to the legendary financier J.P. Morgan and sometimes even rumored to have the potential to become the world’s first trillionaire. He built a crypto empire with trading firm Alameda Research and crypto exchange FTX, which became one of the world’s largest. He attracted leading investors and walked the corridors of power in Congress. Then, seemingly within days, everything collapsed.

From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets. "A fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the...

Cette série documentaire va vous narrer les vies des fraudeurs et fraudeuses célèbres dont on connait le nom et l'arnaque, moins les histoires.Julien, expert en lutte contre la fraude, va vous raconter le détail de ces vies et vous expliquer les mécanismes ayant amené ces personnes à basculer de l'autre côté.Produit par le label PodcutTwitter : https://twitter.com/podcut_labelFacebook : https://www.facebook.com/podcut/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/podcut_label/Ecriture, Réalisation, Montage, Identité sonore : Julien LoisyIdentité visuelle : Kevin Boyer Hébergé par Acast. ...

The Scam Files investigates the con artists, cult leaders, financial frauds, corporate scandals, impostors, and elaborate deceptions that fooled millions. Each episode reveals how the scheme began, why people believed it, who benefited, what warning signs were missed, and how the deception eventually collapsed. From billion-dollar Ponzi schemes and cryptocurrency frauds to fake heirs, corrupt companies, rigged contests, dangerous cults, and historic confidence tricks, the show follows the money, the manipulation, and the people behind the lie. The Scam Files combines clear storytelling, ...

Online romance fraud is a problem across the globe. It causes financial and emotional devastation, yet many people refuse to take it seriously. This is the story of one middle-aged woman in a cardigan determined to understand this growing phenomenon. No other woman has had so many online...

‘A gripping take on how fraud and scamming have become part of our everyday lives’ Laura Whateley For decades, we have thought of scammers as rogue actors – offshore con artists or opportunistic criminals who target the elderly, the ill-informed and the vulnerable, looking to gain access...

Two New York Times-bestselling psychologists explain the science of cons—and how we can avoid them From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes, fraudulent science to fake art, chess cheaters to crypto hucksters, and marketers to magicians, our world brims with deception. In Nobody’s Fool...

Domine o fascinante true crime histórico e a psicologia oculta por trás das maiores fraudes financeiras já cometidas. Perfeito para o seu deslocamento diário, este relato intrigante expõe a anatomia do engano e as vulnerabilidades que tornam sociedades presas fáceis para grandes golpistas...

A maior fraude corporativa da história destruiu fortunas e revelou um castelo de cartas financeiro movido a ganância. Perfeito para transformar seu trajeto diário em uma imersão investigativa, este relato narra a implosão de um império inabalável. Sem jargões complicados, a narrativa...