{"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 5: The Price of Belief","slug":"wirecard-the-german-fintech-that-fooled-everyone-part-5-the-price-of-belief","published_at":"2026-07-17T17:00:00+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-5-the-price-of-belief","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-aftermath","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6a24720b250fa4918b1f9c64/e/6a268829c0b710abf6aa2a65/media.mp3","summary":"A fraud this large never leaves a clean ending. After the collapse, Wirecard was no longer the pride of German fintech. It was a courtroom drama and a symbol of how trust can be destroyed in a single revelation.Billions were missing. The dream of a European digital champion was gone. Markus Braun went on trial in Munich. In two thousand twenty-four, a court convicted him on charges tied to the company’s collapse. The trial turned the scandal into a legal record, but no verdict could bring back the missing billions or undo the damage. The court proceedings laid bare the facts: Wirecard claimed nearly two billion euros in Philippine trust accounts that never existed. Years of audits, board meetings, and confident statements had all rested on a foundation of fiction.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":"A fraud this large never leaves a clean ending. After the collapse, Wirecard was no longer the pride of German fintech. It was a courtroom drama and a sym…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":373,"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-5-the-price-of-belief/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-5-the-price-of-belief.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}