Scheme

Scheme is a podcast about accounting fraud. Not run-of-the-mill fraud like passing $200 of bad checks, but large-scale frauds involving millions of dollars that ruined people’s lives. Each episode discusses how a fraud was carried out, and what we can l

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Episode 12: Boom Global Media

Posted January 31, 2023 • 00:06:50

One of the most difficult things about starting a business is getting clients. Customers don’t just walk in off the street and throw money at you,...

Episode 11: DHB Industries

Posted December 31, 2022 • 00:27:22

David Brooks had it all. He’d taken a small company on the verge of bankruptcy and turned it into one of the world’s largest manufacturers of...

Episode 10: Take-Two Interactive Software

Posted March 29, 2021 • 00:09:59

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Grand Theft Auto is one of the best-selling video games of all time. If you’ve never played it, it’s a unique experience. ...

Episode 9: Cobalt Family Investors

Posted January 12, 2021 • 00:10:24

The story of Cobalt involves a former associate of the Wolf of Wall Street, and a Ponzi scheme run by a convicted fraudster. Then, Donald Trump got...

Episode 8: Interpublic Group

Posted December 14, 2020 • 00:11:41

In the early 2000’s, Interpublic Group was a successful advertising firm with over $6 billion in annual revenue. Interpublic had dominated the ad...