Nickel & Crime takes you deep inside the true stories of the shocking scams that white collar criminals almost got away with. At a time when fraud is on the rise, and financial crime is increasingly sophisticated, go behind the investigations to understand the victims, the criminal minds at work, and the risk.
In season 2, Nickel & Crime returns with mind-blowing new crimes, and immersive, stirring details. Each episode dives into the victims, the set-up, the sting, and that bold blunder that unraveled it all.
Hear about a billion-dollar tax fraud that sucked in some of the world’s...
How do you exploit the deep love grandparents have for their grandchildren for financial gain? In a heart-wrenching deception known as a "grandparent scam," impostors pose as grandchildren and other characters to trick seniors into handing over large sums of money. Federal authorities recently...
Published 05/01/24
How do you con some of the world’s biggest companies for almost a billion dollars? Sell them on a novel renewable energy idea, promise impossibly good tax credits, and use investors millions to keep up appearances. Does it matter if the product works…or even exists? Not really.
In this episode,...
Published 04/17/24