financial fraud

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street is a Netflix documentary series about Bernie Madoff's decades-long Ponzi scheme that defrauded thousands of investors of billions of dollars.

The Madoff investment scandal is the largest Ponzi scheme in history, in which financier Bernie Madoff defrauded tens of thousands of investors worldwide out of an estimated $64.8 billion.

Inside the Trustor Scandal is a Netflix documentary by Karin af Klintberg about the 1997 Trustor affair, in which 620 million SEK was looted from Swedish investment firm Trustor AB.

Inside Job is an Oscar-winning 2010 documentary film exposing the Wall Street misconduct, regulatory failures, and conflicts of interest that triggered the 2008 global financial meltdown.

Bad Boy Billionaires: India is a Netflix anthology documentary series chronicling four massive financial scams by Indian tycoons Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Subrata Roy, and B. Ramalinga Raju.

American Greed is a CNBC documentary series covering real white-collar crimes — Ponzi schemes, embezzlement, and fraud — narrated by Stacy Keach Jr. Stream on Peacock.

New podcast series Fraudacious puts the international fraudster Ekaterina Barrett under the microscope, as her best friend and victim Bridget Hutchcroft recounts a loan of over £1 million that was never repaid.

The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme is a U.S. financial fraud case in which Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff defrauded thousands of investors for decades until his 2008 arrest in New York.

The Murdaugh murders are a South Carolina double-homicide case from June 2021, in which attorney Alex Murdaugh killed his wife Maggie and son Paul, exposed in part by journalist Mandy Matney's reporting.

Ruja Ignatova founded OneCoin in 2014, promising investors astronomical returns through what she claimed was a revolutionary cryptocurrency. Billions were defrauded from millions of victims worldwide before she vanished from public view in October 2017. The FBI has been searching for her ever since and added her to its Ten Most Wanted list in 2022.

Financial Times reporter Dan McCrum's book tells the story of how he exposed the Wirecard fraud—and the threats and harassment he faced instead of recognition.

A new Danish podcast follows a German model to highlight economic scandals, shifting focus from violent crime to complex fraud cases that undermine public trust.

ABC Audio and 20/20 have partnered to launch 'The Hand in the Window,' a six-part podcast series exploring the 2016 capture of serial killer Shawn Grate in rural Ashland, Ohio. Hosted by veteran journalist John Quiñones, the limited series premiered November 4, 2025, and traces how a desperate 911 call led investigators to uncover multiple homicides across the state.

Brendan Banfield, a former IRS special agent from Virginia, was convicted on February 3, 2026, of murdering his wife Christine and a stranger named Joseph Ryan in a scheme allegedly motivated by his affair with the family's live-in au pair.

Swedish author and criminology PhD Christoffer Carlsson publishes his third crime novel in January 2026, a Nordic noir that examines a fictional murder investigation spanning 20 years. The work has already won major Scandinavian literary prizes, establishing Carlsson as a leading voice in contemporary crime fiction.

The United Kingdom is experiencing an unprecedented surge in fraud crime, with 2.09 million confirmed cases reported in the first six months of 2025. The crisis reveals vulnerabilities in digital banking systems that extend far beyond British shores, prompting international law enforcement to reassess fraud prevention strategies.

Host Stine Bolther investigates a case in Djursland near Randers, Denmark, that involves a meticulously planned murder, a pregnant woman, and audio evidence so damning that the victim reportedly warned relatives it might happen. The 43-minute episode premiered February 3, 2026, on the true crime podcast Danske Drabssager.

On the night before Halloween 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death outside her family home in Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut. Twenty-seven years later, her killer—Michael Skakel, a Kennedy family cousin who was also fifteen at the time—was convicted in a 2002 trial that captivated the nation and raised uncomfortable questions about wealth, privilege, and the American legal system.

Deep Cover is a Pushkin Industries true-crime podcast exploring double lives, now in its 2026 season — Deep Cover: The Family Man — following Keith Giamanco. Available on Apple Podcasts and Pushkin.fm.

Wondery's "Scam Factory" podcast, hosted by Denise Chan, investigates Southeast Asia's hidden fraud compounds where victims are trafficked, imprisoned, and forced to perpetrate global online scams under threat of violence.