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“What an incredible scoop. Thoroughly enjoyed episode 3 in particular. Very creepy and makes me so angry to hear about such crime going unpunished. Led me to the rabbit hole on the ICIJ’s website.”
391SD via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/18/24
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“It’s about a worldwide system that is so reliant on dark money that it neglects accountability. As far as banks are concerned… there’s a big difference between doing what’s legal/required and doing what’s ethical. Most big banks have been milking the middle class for years on top of...”Read full review »
Callie Zowie via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/30/21
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“I don’t understand the low stars for this podcast. It is one of the better ones I have listened to. The reporting is well explained and seems to have been verified prior to airing. The narration is excellent and there is nothing annoying or obnoxious or cheesy about anything in this podcast. ...”Read full review »
All Is On PDX via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/14/21
“Big Banks laundering money for the biggest crooks in the world. Not a single arrest, just large fines for the biggest financial institutions in the world.
Listen in. You will be angry.”
Djfresh12inchhere via Apple Podcasts ·
New Zealand ·
05/05/21
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“I loved the content of the report. What drove me up and down the wall and ultimately stopped me listening were the oft-repeated loops. There was no atmosphere to add, they were just chunks of sound thrown to add some sort of effect.
The effect they made on me? I could have done better and I am...”Read full review »
MartiBnco via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/10/21
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“This is the stuff every American needs to know.”
Givemeagoodstory via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/10/21
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“News flash- you know why FinCEN has the files? Because the banks are REPORTING THE ACTIVITY! PS- suspicious activity reports are confidential, financial institutions aren’t allowed to disclose their existence, even if subpoenaed. So, they’re doing their jobs, reporting in initial reports, and...”Read full review »
Cmac201010 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/26/21
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“More time should have been spent learning Banking requirements for such reporting and what Banks are really doing and required to do - before this podcast was put together. Never let the truth get in the way of a sensational story. The podcast was pretty sophomoric, with only a few interesting...”Read full review »
BankerBB via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/14/21
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“So it’s five episodes and done, I guess. Totally worthwhile listen anyway.”
tekmo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/03/20
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“This podcast “investigates” some of the most nefarious criminals in the world and yet somehow circles back to Trump iS A bAD RuSsIaN aGeNt every 10 minutes. Pathetic attempt to use “investigative journalism” as a mask for a painfully obvious, rather dull never-Trump performance.”
Oregon Zac via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/21/20
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“The gravity and importance of the content is completely lost in the overwhelmingly annoying and distracting voice fry of the narrator and the guitar noise in the background. Maybe figure out what your point is and strive to convey it.”
Jettnan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/19/20
“Excellent presentation of what must have been hellish hard work digging through the FinCEN material. Clear and concise, it's probably worth listening to first before reading the team's reports. The Felix Sater interview is a real coup.
Whilst I'm lost in admiration for the...”Read full review »
MBelderson via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/19/20
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“The level of inaccuracy here is dangerous, irresponsible and anyone involves should be ashamed. The idea that these journalists spent years working on this and still have such a deep misunderstanding of the nature of money laundering and the bank’s role is truly scary considering we rely on these...”Read full review »
BSA pro via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/17/20
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“Love the show but the guitar accents make it sound cheesy.”
lmc7960 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/16/20
“Negative reviews miss the forest for the trees. In the instances reported here, the banks did not take warranted action based on credible reports and were allowed to continue. Assets were *not* frozen, accounts *not* denied. Much like in 2008, those responsible were *not* punished. Those who...”Read full review »
theFace022 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/20
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“thanks. i think you should do a podcast called “The Leopoldo Files” because this was a great job. i would love additional episodes in the FINcen series.”
Mo Donnelly via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/20
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“Like a bumble bee buzzing around your ear.”
catnipgrass2001 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/15/20
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“They must have slowed down the hosts voice, bc you can at least understand her now. It’s not a terrible podcast— but there should be a caveat that this is for folks NOT in the financial industry. That said? It is important for regular people to be able to hear and understand this—so I am not...”Read full review »
P.TwoBears via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/14/20
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“The whole first episode is an hour of self-congratulatory build-up for the future episodes. It’s super uninteresting, but I wanted to give it a chance to deliver. Over the next three episodes, the inane reporting continues to underwhelm.”
g-lo-z-lo via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/11/20
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“Piling on to say if you're going to do a podcast about a subject, take 15 minutes to read a primer about the subject first. Then have at least one expert who actually knows the subject talk about the subject. This is laughable.”Read full review »
D Nekrasova via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/07/20
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“As another reviewer mentioned, the information provided is part of the story but does not include the safeguards in place to freeze assets where appropriate, close accounts, and refuse new bank accounts to individuals and businesses with suspected money-laundering activity or known ties to...”Read full review »
theotherchristy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/06/20
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“I thought this podcast was very well done.
The topic is intriguing and the host/guests are very informative and did a great job of keeping things interesting at all times.
I do, however, feel that there could have been a bit of cleaning up the final product to get rid of long pauses.
Overall, I...”Read full review »
TayyJade via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
10/05/20
“Perhaps it is Buzzfeed’s style of storytelling but I don’t know why the story is so hyped up and sensationalised. The story is exciting and fascinating by itself. By adding extra drama it simply comes across as over the top and rather than highlighting how important this story is, it instead...”Read full review »
Khodorovosky via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
10/03/20
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“I was excited to listen to this show because I used to work as a financial fraud investigator. However, as soon as I clicked on an episode, the host was talking so fast I could barely understand what she was saying. Why? It sounded as though the audio was sped up for some reason, which really...”Read full review »
CC0705 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/20
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“You have not included any information or interviews with someone experienced in BSA or AML. This is a pat on the back for buzzfeed doing half a story. If you want to know how SAR filings work and the ins and outs of Anti Money Laundering, interview someone with an extensive background in it....”Read full review »
Amandalu927 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/30/20
“Great topic...somehow manage to not address it at all in the first episode.”
virusburner via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/29/20
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“This is about Buzzfeed getting secret financial documents and having no idea what to do with it. I feel sick after listening to the first 2 episodes. Missed opportunity.”
tyler bbbbb via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/29/20
“No background on BSA, AML or why FinCen exists in the first place. Off key guitars and raspy voiced interviews with an air of rebellious reporting....psh. Take a CFE course and end this podcast.
The single interesting point was, if true, the fact they simultaneously received SARs that were...”Read full review »
OneRogue via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/28/20
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“Very Happy this is being exposed cause it's about we speak #TruthToPOWER. Thank You to all @BuzzFeed for making this POD happen also THANK YOU to all of these hard working journalists 🙏🏼”Read full review »
RELiANO via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
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“So, my cousin wanted me to use this app but they need to make SERIOUS changes”
🥰Queen Jasmine🥰 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
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“This might be a very interesting story, but you won’t know because the delivery is so painful. How you can spend an entire episode talking about what a big deal this story is, without building suspense or actually telling the story, is beyond me.”
MyNameIsPatsy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
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“Thank goodness that true journalism hasn’t died!”
JooLeeUhh3 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
“Possibly the most important investigative reporting in the modern era. It touches everyone in some way and that’s horrifying.
What’s also terrifying are these comments I’m reading about it being “boring”...
ummmm...I’m sorry ...what in the heavenly ($.’! is boring about a secret worldwide...”Read full review »
bri, va lowercase lib via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
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“I like investigative journalism but this is super heavy on how they broke the story and it gets in the way of the reporting. I don’t want to listen to bros congratulate themselves on their methods over a nu-metal soundtrack, I want to hear about dirty banks and how they evade regulation. Even...”Read full review »
nottooshabs via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
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“Thank you great journalism.”
Got Happiness via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
“Episode 1: A Buzzfeed “journalist” explains how he doesn’t understand the world he’s investigating. He manages to publish an article of widely-known information and considers it a big scoop. Buzzfeed has adapted their clickbait website to podcast form.”
Mark Goldfinger via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
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“Almost none of this is actually about the FinCEN files but instead 30 minutes self flagellation about the process at the expense of informing the public about an incredibly important story. Stomach churning navel gazing.”
MutedHeretic via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/20
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“If you are into finance, you’ll enjoy this”
rollig over via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/25/20
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“I couldn’t even get through the intro because of the egregious misinformation.
It’s not easy/feasible to prove that a bank customer is involved in nefarious activity, which is why suspicious activity reports exist.”
Dlpalj via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/25/20
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“Good content”
onoc3750 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/25/20
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“Yup. They should take a hint from the first lines of the first episodes. Terrible reporting on a serious topic.”
Rms0821 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/25/20
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“More telling us they're going to tell us wild stories than actually telling us anything in two full episodes. Does everyone not know that banks are trash?!”Read full review »
Meanmaggie1984 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/20
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“This podcast is well put together and the content has me so anxious for every following episode. As someone who’s been in banking for a third of my life, it’s so incredible to finally see a spotlight shown on things like this! I’m not sure where the negative reviews are coming from, perhaps some...”Read full review »
livvvO_o via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/20
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“I don’t expect the journalists involved to have an advanced understanding of anti-money laundering policy. However, I do expect them to at least discuss anti-money laundering policy with experts so they have an informed understanding before publishing largely sensationalized work. It appears they...”Read full review »
NoraMurphy927 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/20
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“I enjoy the inside baseball point of view Ted Cruz brings to the show. I donated to his 2012 race and voted for him in 2016. Keep on fighting for America.”
str84the2ruth via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/20
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“It’s an entertaining listen, but the podcast is definitely making this whole thing sound way more exciting than it really is.”
typical loot llama via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/20
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“Just a repeat of what we already know. Nothing new snd no new surprises.”
steppff via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/20
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