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Ponzi Supernova

By: Audible Originals, Steve Fishman
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To find out how the greatest financial fraud in history imploded, journalist Steve Fishman tracks down the victims, the federal investigators, the accomplices, and the mastermind, Bernie Madoff himself. Ponzi Supernova takes listeners through the calculated lies, frantic hi-jinx, and lax financial oversight that ultimately weaponized a Ponzi scheme into a $65 billion destructive force that reached across the globe and still has lasting effects today.

When you add Ponzi Supernova to your library you will receive all 6 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.

©2017 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2017 Audible Originals, LLC Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Social Sciences True Crime
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  • Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff

    Ep. 1: Getting to Madoff
    Oct 24 2017
    Reporter Steve Fishman tells the story of how he convinced Bernie Madoff to call him from prison. Along the way, Steve learns about Madoff’s life in prison from Bernie’s new associates: the other criminals serving time in Butner, NC.
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  • Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls

    Ep. 2: When Madoff Calls
    Oct 24 2017
    Reporter Steve Fishman finally reaches Bernie Madoff in North Carolina, where the famous Ponzi schemer is serving a 150 year prison sentence. In never before heard jailhouse interviews, Fishman asks Bernie the big questions: how did he do it? And why? The answers lead further and deeper than we ever imagined.
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  • Ep. 3: The Operation

    Ep. 3: The Operation
    Oct 24 2017
    When Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme collapsed, we saw a portrait of a high-tech Wall Street genius duping the financial world. In this episode, what we didn't see. Reporter Steve Fishman introduces us to the unlikely, almost unbelievable perpetrators of history's biggest fraud.
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I have never herd of this story before so it's nice to hear about it had a kind of goodfellas feel without the murder ......but I'm only a few episodes in so maybe later

enjoyable to say the least

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An interesting look in to the biggest financial mess so far. Its scary to think that the laws do little in the way to stop this kind of thing from happening and actually hamper victims in the recovery process.

an interesting look into the largest ponzi scheme

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