money laundering

ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing is a 2024 Amazon Prime Video documentary about Xaviar Babudar, a Kansas City Chiefs superfan who robbed 11 banks across seven states between 2022 and 2023.

FIFA Uncovered is a Netflix docuseries about the long-running bribery, fraud, and racketeering scandal inside FIFA, culminating in the landmark 2015 U.S. arrests of 14 officials.

Biggest Heist Ever is a Netflix documentary about the 2016 hack of crypto exchange Bitfinex, in which 120,000 bitcoin were stolen. It follows how Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan later attempted to launder the proceeds.

Skyggesiden – Den sorte svane is a TV 2 Play documentary tied to Den sorte svane, exposing a 900-million-DKK money-laundering network in Denmark.

Cowboy Cartel is a four-part Apple TV+ documentary series about how leaders of the Mexican cartel Los Zetas laundered drug money through U.S. quarter horse racing, uncovered by FBI agent Scott Lawson.

The Bitfinex hack case involves the 2016 theft of 120,000 bitcoin from Hong Kong exchange Bitfinex by Ilya Lichtenstein, who with his wife Heather Morgan laundered billions in cryptocurrency.

A federal money laundering conspiracy in which Los Zetas cartel members funneled millions in drug proceeds through American quarter horse racing operations across multiple U.S. states.

The Backpage.com case is a US federal prosecution of the classified-ad site's principals for facilitating prostitution, sex trafficking and money laundering, culminating in convictions in 2023–2024.

The Doc Antle case is a US wildlife-trafficking and money-laundering prosecution against Tiger King figure Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle, ending in a 2025 federal prison sentence.

The BALCO scandal was a US federal doping and steroid-distribution conspiracy centered on Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and founder Victor Conte, exposed in 2003.

A Danish podcast series examines the case of Britta Nielsen, a 65-year-old former employee of Denmark's National Board of Social Services who embezzled 117 million Danish kroner over 25 years. Released in February 2021, the podcast explores one of Denmark's most serious economic crimes—a stark contrast to the Nordic nation's reputation as the world's least corrupt country.

Between 2007 and 2015, Danske Bank's Estonia branch processed approximately €200 billion in suspicious transactions, predominantly from Russian and former Soviet clients. The scheme—revealed publicly in September 2018—ranks among history's largest money laundering operations and triggered criminal charges, multi-billion-dollar penalties, and individual convictions across three continents.

Alphonse Gabriel Capone rose from Brooklyn street gang member to boss of the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition, controlling bootlegging, gambling, and rackets across the city's South Side. By 1931, federal prosecutors brought him down not for his legendary crimes, but for tax evasion—landing him in Alcatraz and reshaping organized crime history.

R. Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison on June 14, 2012, after being convicted of orchestrating a $7 billion investment fraud scheme through Stanford International Bank in Antigua. The case stands as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

Bank of Credit and Commerce International collapsed in July 1991 following massive fraud, money laundering, and corruption spanning 73 countries. Losses are estimated at up to $20 billion USD.

Between the 1980s and 2000s, Terry, Tommy, and Patsy Adams transformed their Clerkenwell neighborhood into the headquarters of one of Britain's most powerful organized crime groups. Operating with brutal efficiency and a code of silence, the Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate controlled London's drug trade and left at least 25 murder victims in their wake.

Between 2007 and 2015, billions of euros in suspicious transactions passed through Danske Bank's Estonian branch. A whistleblower raised the alarm and was ignored. The fallout cost the bank over $2 billion and sent employees to prison.

John Z. DeLorean, the former General Motors executive who became famous for designing the iconic DMC-12 sports car, faced two separate federal criminal trials in the mid-1980s—one alleging drug trafficking, the other accusing him of defrauding investors of $8.5 million. He was acquitted in both cases.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published 11.9 million leaked documents on October 3, 2021, exposing how current and former world leaders, over 330 politicians, and 130 billionaires used offshore shell companies to conceal luxury properties, yachts, and artworks from public scrutiny.

Samuel Bankman-Fried, the 32-year-old founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on March 28, 2024, after being convicted of orchestrating multiple fraudulent schemes that defrauded customers, investors, and lenders of billions of dollars.