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The Fraud Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network, a collection of podcasts dedicated to the stories that shaped our world.


Every episode is a conversation. Aurelius and Malik, curators of The Fraud Archive, take a single case, a Ponzi scheme, an accounting fraud, a crypto collapse, a con that fooled investors, auditors and entire nations, and work through it together from beginning to end. One traces how the scheme was built: the mechanics, the numbers, the machinery of belief that kept it standing. The other presses on what that account leaves out, who actually lost, why intelligent people believed, what the regulators missed, and what the whole affair says about the systems that allowed it.


From Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff to Enron, Theranos, Wirecard and FTX, these are not summaries. Each episode is one complete story, examined from both sides in a single sitting.


The Archive Network is an independent project. Every archive, podcast and documentary is free, no ads, no paywalls. If it's been worth

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  • 1MDB: How a Malaysian Sovereign Fund Was Looted for $4.5 Billion

    1MDB: How a Malaysian Sovereign Fund Was Looted for $4.5 Billion
    Aug 7 2026
    A sovereign fund was supposed to build a nation. Instead, it became the front door to one of the biggest thefts in modern finance. The first clue was not a hidden vault or a masked raid. It was a clean, official promise that sounded almost too respectable to question.1Malaysia Development Berhad, known as 1MDB, was born in two thousand nine with the language of progress wrapped around it. Public capital. National development. Strategic investment. On paper, it looked like the future. But here is the catch. In Malaysia, proximity to power could matter almost as much as law. And 1MDB sat close to the center.Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/1malaysia-development-berhad


    The Fraud Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures. In every episode, curators Aurelius and Malik take one case of fraud,

    deception or financial crime and work through it together — one building the account, the other pressing on what it leaves out.


    The Archive Network is an independent project. Everything is free, with no ads and no paywalls. Support doesn't unlock anything; it simply

    keeps the work going:


    https://thearchivenetwork.com/support


    Explore this archive:


    https://thefraudarchive.com


    Discover more archives and stories:


    https://thearchivenetwork.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    33 min
  • FTX: The Fastest Collapse of a Crypto Empire

    FTX: The Fastest Collapse of a Crypto Empire
    Aug 6 2026
    Imagine a company that looks like the future of money. Fast. Clean. Almost frictionless. Now imagine that behind the glow of that promise, customer funds are already moving into places they were never meant to go.That is where the FTX story begins. Not with a loud explosion, but with a small, ordinary breach that would eventually swallow a thirty-two billion dollar empire. Sam Bankman-Fried came out of a very specific financial world. He was shaped by quantitative trading culture, by the post-two thousand eight search for speed, by the idea that software could do what older institutions could not.Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 34 minutes, one complete story.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/ftx-sam-bankman-fried


    The Fraud Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures. In every episode, curators Aurelius and Malik take one case of fraud,

    deception or financial crime and work through it together — one building the account, the other pressing on what it leaves out.


    The Archive Network is an independent project. Everything is free, with no ads and no paywalls. Support doesn't unlock anything; it simply

    keeps the work going:


    https://thearchivenetwork.com/support


    Explore this archive:


    https://thefraudarchive.com


    Discover more archives and stories:


    https://thearchivenetwork.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    34 min
  • Theranos: The Blood Test That Couldn't Test Blood

    Theranos: The Blood Test That Couldn't Test Blood
    Aug 5 2026
    A Stanford dropout with a black turtleneck and a bold promise—could one young founder really change medicine forever with a tiny drop of blood? Before the headlines, before the billion-dollar valuation, there was just an idea—and a secret.This is the story of how Silicon Valley’s most seductive fraud began, in a place where optimism was currency and scrutiny was rare. Elizabeth Holmes didn’t look like a con artist. She looked like the next Steve Jobs. In two thousand three, she launched Theranos from a Stanford dorm room, promising to reinvent medical diagnostics. The timing was perfect for a story like hers. Silicon Valley was hungry for disruption, and health care was a tempting target—full of inefficiencies, layers of rules, and investors who wanted to bet on the next big thing. Holmes spoke in the language of engineers and visionaries, describing a future where anyone could get blood tests quickly, cheaply, and with almost no pain. The claim was simple, but it sounded revolutionary: one tiny finger prick, dozens of tests. Fast, painless, accurate. The initial story was so attractive that it made people overlook the details.Aurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 32 minutes, one complete story.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/theranos-elizabeth-holmes


    The Fraud Archive Dialogues is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures. In every episode, curators Aurelius and Malik take one case of fraud,

    deception or financial crime and work through it together — one building the account, the other pressing on what it leaves out.


    The Archive Network is an independent project. Everything is free, with no ads and no paywalls. Support doesn't unlock anything; it simply

    keeps the work going:


    https://thearchivenetwork.com/support


    Explore this archive:


    https://thefraudarchive.com


    Discover more archives and stories:


    https://thearchivenetwork.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    32 min
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