Deep dives into the biggest financial scandals in modern history.
Enron created over 3,000 special purpose entities to hide debt off its balance sheet. Here’s how the company America called an innovation machine was really a massive fraud.
GE was once the world’s most valuable company. Here’s how decades of financial engineering, failed acquisitions, and accounting choices destroyed one of America’s greatest corporations.
Credit Suisse was forced into an emergency UBS merger in March 2023. Here’s how a 167-year-old institution went from pillar of global finance to emergency rescue in days.
Wirecard claimed to hold €1.9 billion in escrow accounts in the Philippines. The money didn’t exist. Here’s how Germany’s fintech darling became Europe’s biggest accounting fraud.