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Scheme
Scheme is a podcast about accounting fraud. Not run-of-the-mill fraud like passing $200 of bad checks, but large-scale frauds involving millions of dollars that ruined people’s lives. Each episode discusses how a fraud was carried out, and what we can learn from it. Scheme is created and produced...
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Episode 17: Waste Management
In the 1990’s, Waste Management was the largest garbage company in the world. What had begun as the dream of a Dutch immigrant had grown into a billi...
Episode 16: Yale Med School
Jamie Petrone-Codrington was living the high life. She owned 4 homes, 6 luxury cars, and traveled the world.
How did she fund such an extravaga...
Episode 15: Rollins, Inc.
The largest pest control company in the world is Rollins, Inc. Rollins has been very profitable, and its executives say the company is recession-proo...
Episode 14: Contempo
Finding a good controller isn’t easy. The controller is responsible for the company’s accounting, so you want someone who is an accounting expert. You...
Episode 13: Puda Coal
In 2009 Puda Coal was a successful company, with a little over $5 million in profit. But the company was about to expand in a major way. The Chinese...
Episode 12: Boom Global Media
One of the most difficult things about starting a business is getting clients. Customers don’t just walk in off the street and throw money at you, unl...
Episode 11: DHB Industries
David Brooks had it all. He’d taken a small company on the verge of bankruptcy and turned it into one of the world’s largest manufacturers of bulletp...
Episode 10: Take-Two Interactive Software
Grand Theft Auto is one of the best-selling video games of all time. If you’ve never played it, it’s a unique experience. You can do almost anything...
Episode 9: Cobalt Family Investors
It’s 2006, and you just received a phone call about an exciting opportunity in real estate development. A company called Cobalt has been acquiring, d...
Episode 8: Interpublic Group
In the early 2000’s, Interpublic Group was a successful advertising firm with over $6 billion in annual revenue. Interpublic had dominated the ad indu...
Episode 7: Capitol Investments
Nevin Shapiro had what many would consider a great life. He drove nice cars, had a beautiful home in Miami Beach, and spent his nights partying with f...
Episode 6: Harvey, Illinois
In 2008, Satish Gabhawala ran a motel off the interstate in Harvey, Illinois. The motel had a 24-hour diner and was used primarily by truckers. But Ga...
Episode 5: Equity Funding Corporation
When you think of high-growth companies, you probably don’t think of life insurance. But Equity Funding Corporation of America was the exception. The...
Episode 4: American Bank Note Holographics
In 1998, American Bank Note spun off part of its business in an IPO. Investors were excited. American Bank Note had been making products to prevent c...
Episode 3: Electronic Game Card
Electronic Game Card had created an innovative new product. After spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on R&D, it had patented a small digital de...
Episode 2: Adelphia Communications
In March of 2002, Adelphia was the 6th largest cable TV provider in the U.S. But then the company made one tiny financial disclosure and within 3 mont...
Episode 1: Homex
In 2013, Homex was the largest real estate development company in Mexico. The Mexican government had pushed to increase the amount of affordable hous...