{"podcast":{"title":"The Fraud Archive – Iconic Cons, Scams and Financial Crimes explained in minutes","slug":"the-fraud-archive-iconic-cons-scams-and-financial-crimes-explained-in-minutes-7902903","podcast_index_feed_id":7902903,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a24720b250fa4918b1f9c64","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-fraud-archive","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a24720b250fa4918b1f9c64/1780908678335-37a58c91-2714-4a23-ab91-c528c3b03323.jpeg","author":"Jonathan Lo Piparo","episode_count":35,"summary":"The Fraud Archive is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to the stories that shaped our world. This series unmasks history's greatest cons, scams, and financial deceptions: the Ponzi schemes, accounting frauds, crypto collapses, pyramid schemes, and con artists who fooled investors, regulators, and entire nations. From Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff to Enron, Theranos, Wirecard, and FTX, each episode brings a true story of deception to life as a documentary-style narrative: how the scheme worked, who fell for it, and how it finally unraveled. Support the podcast and access exclusive content on Patreon: https://thearchivenetwork.com/support Discover more at: https://thefraudarchive.com https://thearchivenetwork.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T06:20:36.079715+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fraud-archive-iconic-cons-scams-and-financial-crimes-explained-in-minutes-7902903"},"episode":{"title":"The Original Con: How Charles Ponzi Invented Modern Fraud - Part 5: A Name That Lasted","slug":"the-original-con-how-charles-ponzi-invented-modern-fraud-part-5-a-name-that-lasted","published_at":"2026-07-24T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fraud-archive-iconic-cons-scams-and-financial-crimes-explained-in-minutes-7902903/the-original-con-how-charles-ponzi-invented-modern-fraud-part-5-a-name-that-lasted","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fraud-archive-iconic-cons-scams-and-financial-crimes-explained-in-minutes-7902903","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-fraud-archive/episodes/charles-ponzi-aftermath","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a24720b250fa4918b1f9c64/e/6a268839eb2af5b01d86460a/media.mp3","summary":"After the collapse came the courtroom, and in the courtroom the story changed shape. Charles Ponzi was no longer the man on School Street promising extraordinary returns. He was a defendant in federal court in Boston.In November nineteen twenty, according to contemporaneous reporting and later legal histories, Ponzi pleaded guilty in federal court and was sentenced to prison. That mattered because the case did not need a new language to describe what had happened. The legal system only had to strip away the performance and show the money flow.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/charles-ponzi The Fraud Archive is part of The Archive Network by Jonkai Ventures, a collection of podcasts dedicated to exploring history's greatest cons, scams, and financial crimes. Support the podcast and access exclusive content on Patreon: https://thearchivenetwork.com/support Discover more archives and stories: https://thearchivenetwork.com Explore this archive: https://thefraudarchive.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"After the collapse came the courtroom, and in the courtroom the story changed shape. Charles Ponzi was no longer the man on School Street promising extrao…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":422,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fraud-archive-iconic-cons-scams-and-financial-crimes-explained-in-minutes-7902903/episodes/the-original-con-how-charles-ponzi-invented-modern-fraud-part-5-a-name-that-lasted/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fraud-archive-iconic-cons-scams-and-financial-crimes-explained-in-minutes-7902903/the-original-con-how-charles-ponzi-invented-modern-fraud-part-5-a-name-that-lasted.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}