Aug 2019

Toys R Us goes bust

No amount of nostalgia could save Toys R Us from the private equity firms that owned it.You can follow Spectacular Failures on Twitter and Facebook using @failureshow. We're @failure_show on Instagram. Follow Lauren Ober on Twitter and Instagram at @oberandout.Spectacular Failure ... Show More

36m 5s

Aug 2019

Trump's big gamble on Atlantic City

By the time the final dice were thrown, Trump's Atlantic City casino operations had gone bankrupt six times. Despite that, Trump won the long game.You can follow Spectacular Failures on Twitter and Facebook using @failureshow. We're @failure_show on Instagram. Follow Lauren Ober ... Show More

41m 38s

Jul 2020

Spectacular Failures - Season Two

Spectacular Failures is back for season two, starting August 3rd! 2020 has been a year of fail. Global pandemic, check. Economic meltdown, check. Political unrest, check. Busted businesses and collapsed corporations are having a moment, and who better to tackle those tales than L ... Show More

1m 30s

Oct 2021

After Hours: Following the Tax Money with Covid Relief Fraud

Billions of your tax dollars have already been lost to Covid-19 relief fraudsters and cons. The scams and amounts of money are outrageous. Subscribe to my two podcasts: “The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast” and “Full Measure After Hours.” Leave a review, subscribe and share with your fr ... Show More

32m 49s

Jun 2023

The Scam of The Century!

Send us a textAside from losing over 1.13 million people, the United States is thought to have lost billions of dollars in pandemic relief fund fraud, according to the most recent Associated Press analysis, published this week.The analysis discovered that fraudsters took more tha ... Show More

16m 6s

Aug 2023

Svg fails and congress fails to blame the fed for raising interest rates so fast

Billions of dollars at risk in the bank failure

5m 57s

Nov 2024

Oops! $132 Million Disappeared

Or $154 million could be gone. Macy’s is facing questions from investors after a rogue employee made some accounting errors. (00:14) Jason Moser and Ricky Mulvey discuss: - How more than a hundred million dollars can go missing. - The impact of weight-loss drugs on junk food manu ... Show More

29m 50s

Jun 2021

Billion Dollar Bank Error

Someone at the bank lost their job! What had happened in Florida was............. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSteve Harvey Morning Show Online: http://www.steveharveyfm.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

1m 48s

Mar 2023

Banks losing billions, Biden's budget and Czech Baseball Team side hustles

Episode 14: Neal and Toby explain why banks are losing billions after the stumble of SVB financial group. They also take a look at President Biden's budget proposal and what it could mean for the wealthy and corporations. And the Czech baseball team shares how they are preparing ... Show More

25m 10s

May 2025

How a CEO’s Faked Results Led to a $300 Million Wipeout

In late 2018, five years after launching fish-feeding company eFishery, Gibran Huzaifah found himself all out of cash. To save his business, the CEO started plugging fake numbers into financial reports. The brighter picture drew hundreds of millions of investor dollars. But his h ... Show More

16m 39s

Oct 2022

Covid Cons

While an estimated $100 billion in COVID relief funds is stolen, this seasoned family of fraudsters easily grabs millions of dollars Americans desperately need to buy themselves mansions, jewelry and gold. And then, in a bold move, they take the money and run. (Original airdate 1 ... Show More

41m 50s

Feb 2023

The $577 Million Nickel Fraud

Send us a textThe commodities trading firm Trafigura has announced that it has been the victim of a “systematic fraud” and has to write-down over half a billion dollars after discovering shipments of nickel that it purchased from firms controlled by Prateek Gupta failed to contai ... Show More

19m 32s

Lincoln Savings loses it all