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The Paper Trail investigates the money behind major financial crimes. Each episode follows the movement of funds through Ponzi schemes, fraud networks, cryptocurrency scams, art forgeries, corporate deception, and other...
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The Paper Trail investigates the money behind major financial crimes.
Each episode follows the movement of funds through Ponzi schemes, fraud networks, cryptocurrency scams, art forgeries, corporate deception, and other schemes designed to hide where the money came from—and where it went.
Through investigative storytelling, the podcast examines the people who created the schemes, the warning signs that were missed, the systems that allowed them to grow, and the victims left behind.
From false promises and fake investments to digital wallets, shell companies, forged masterpieces, and disappearing fortunes, The Paper Trail explains how financial crimes work in the real world.
Follow for true financial crime, fraud investigations, crypto scams, financial deception, victim stories, and the evidence hidden inside the paper trail.
Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.
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Each episode follows the movement of funds through Ponzi schemes, fraud networks, cryptocurrency scams, art forgeries, corporate deception, and other schemes designed to hide where the money came from—and where it went.
Through investigative storytelling, the podcast examines the people who created the schemes, the warning signs that were missed, the systems that allowed them to grow, and the victims left behind.
From false promises and fake investments to digital wallets, shell companies, forged masterpieces, and disappearing fortunes, The Paper Trail explains how financial crimes work in the real world.
Follow for true financial crime, fraud investigations, crypto scams, financial deception, victim stories, and the evidence hidden inside the paper trail.
Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.
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11 AUG 2026 · A Stanford dropout convinced the world she had invented a blood test that could run hundreds of analyses from a single finger prick. She raised seven hundred million dollars. She built a nine billion dollar company. And every word of it was a lie.
In this episode of The Paper Trail, we trace the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. From a nineteen-year-old's pitch to Silicon Valley's biggest fraud, we follow the money, the technology that never worked, and the whistleblowers who brought it all down.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - [Introduction]
0:30 - [The Stanford Dropout]
3:00 - [Building the Pitch]
5:00 - [Nadia Joins - The Money Trail]
10:00 - [The Board of Directors]
13:00 - [Inside Theranos]
17:00 - [The Walgreens and Safeway Deals]
21:00 - [Patients at Risk]
24:00 - [Whistleblowers and the Journal]
29:00 - [The Regulatory Collapse]
32:00 - [Trial and Sentencing]
37:00 - [The Balwani Dynamic]
40:00 - [Lessons and Legacy]
42:00 - [Next Episode Preview and Outro]
Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, blood testing fraud, Silicon Valley, Walgreens, SEC fraud charges, wire fraud, John Carreyrou, Tyler Shultz, forensic accounting, Ponzi scheme, financial crime investigation
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8 AUG 2026 · The $65 Billion Lie — Bernie Madoff
For nearly two decades, Bernie Madoff骗了 thousands of investors with the largest Ponzi scheme in history. A former NASDAQ chairman who promised consistent returns — and delivered nothing but lies.
This is the story of how one man stole sixty five billion dollars, and why nobody stopped him.
CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Opening
0:30 — The Man Behind the Mask
4:00 — The Scheme
8:00 — The Investigation
12:00 — The Victims
16:00 — The Confession
19:00 — The Aftermath
21:00 — Next Episode Teaser
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The Paper Trail investigates the money behind major financial crimes. Each episode follows the movement of funds through Ponzi schemes, fraud networks, cryptocurrency scams, art forgeries, corporate deception, and other...
show more
The Paper Trail investigates the money behind major financial crimes.
Each episode follows the movement of funds through Ponzi schemes, fraud networks, cryptocurrency scams, art forgeries, corporate deception, and other schemes designed to hide where the money came from—and where it went.
Through investigative storytelling, the podcast examines the people who created the schemes, the warning signs that were missed, the systems that allowed them to grow, and the victims left behind.
From false promises and fake investments to digital wallets, shell companies, forged masterpieces, and disappearing fortunes, The Paper Trail explains how financial crimes work in the real world.
Follow for true financial crime, fraud investigations, crypto scams, financial deception, victim stories, and the evidence hidden inside the paper trail.
Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.
show less
Each episode follows the movement of funds through Ponzi schemes, fraud networks, cryptocurrency scams, art forgeries, corporate deception, and other schemes designed to hide where the money came from—and where it went.
Through investigative storytelling, the podcast examines the people who created the schemes, the warning signs that were missed, the systems that allowed them to grow, and the victims left behind.
From false promises and fake investments to digital wallets, shell companies, forged masterpieces, and disappearing fortunes, The Paper Trail explains how financial crimes work in the real world.
Follow for true financial crime, fraud investigations, crypto scams, financial deception, victim stories, and the evidence hidden inside the paper trail.
Produced by HustleStudios Podcast Network.
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