The Paper Trail

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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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paper-trail--7248257/support.

Episodes

  1. Aug 11

    The Girl Who Fooled Silicon Valley — Elizabeth Holmes

    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 This episode was created with AI assistance. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paper-trail--7248257/support. Thanks for listening to The Paper Trail. If this investigation helped you understand how the money moved, follow the show and share it with someone interested in financial crime and accountability. Support The Paper Trail: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paper-trail--7248257/support This podcast discusses allegations, investigations, court records, and publicly reported events. Individuals are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

    The Girl Who Fooled Silicon Valley — Elizabeth Holmes

  2. Aug 8

    The $65 Billion Lie — Bernie Madoff

    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 --- Listen to Hustle Studios Radio 24/7! Live stream: https://radio.hustlestudios.net/live #ThePaperTrail #TrueCrime #Fraud #HustleStudios Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paper-trail--7248257/support. Thanks for listening to The Paper Trail. If this investigation helped you understand how the money moved, follow the show and share it with someone interested in financial crime and accountability. Support The Paper Trail: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paper-trail--7248257/support This podcast discusses allegations, investigations, court records, and publicly reported events. Individuals are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

    The $65 Billion Lie — Bernie Madoff
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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. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-paper-trail--7248257/support.

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  • Creator
    HustleStudios Podcast Network
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © HustleStudios Podcast Network
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