{"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":"Wirecard: The German FinTech That Fooled Everyone - Part 3: The Machinery of Deceit","slug":"wirecard-the-german-fintech-that-fooled-everyone-part-3-the-machinery-of-deceit","published_at":"2026-07-15T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fraud-archive-iconic-cons-scams-and-financial-crimes-explained-in-minutes-7902903/wirecard-the-german-fintech-that-fooled-everyone-part-3-the-machinery-of-deceit","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/wirecard-mechanics","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a24720b250fa4918b1f9c64/e/6a268823b48c79a2a4e85f56/media.mp3","summary":"By now, Wirecard had everyone watching—but nobody could see the gears turning beneath the surface. How do you keep a billion-euro lie alive in plain sight? The answer: you make the ordinary look extraordinary, and you make the extraordinary seem routine.Once belief took root, Wirecard had to support it with daily acts of concealment. According to German prosecutors and later reporting, the real profits in Asia weren’t coming from real merchants. They came from complex arrangements that made payments look like they passed through partners whose reality was, at best, questionable. On the books, Wirecard said the money was somewhere else, in accounts outsiders couldn’t check. The fraud wasn’t just a fake number—it was a system designed to keep that number alive until it became accepted as fact.Learn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/wirecard 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":"By now, Wirecard had everyone watching—but nobody could see the gears turning beneath the surface. How do you keep a billion-euro lie alive in plain sight…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":434,"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/wirecard-the-german-fintech-that-fooled-everyone-part-3-the-machinery-of-deceit/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/wirecard-the-german-fintech-that-fooled-everyone-part-3-the-machinery-of-deceit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}