Scams and Frauds | 60 Minutes Marathon
March 23, 2025
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as posted by the channelFrom 2010, Morley Safer's examination of how con artists deceive people. From 1991, Steve Kroft's investigation into unscrupulous used car dealers turning back odometers. From 2023, Sharyn Alfonsi's report on con artists using artificial intelligence, apps and social engineering target parents and grandparents. From 2009, Kroft’s report on Bernie Madoff’s investment scheme and the whistleblower who figured it out. Also from 2009, Safer’s interviews with Irving Picard and David Sheehan, who led a team trying to recover the billions of dollars in assets Bernie Madoff bilked from his investors. From 2011, Safer’s interview with Bernie Madoff's wife, Ruth Madoff, and son Andrew. From 2023, Jon Wertheim’s interview with author and financial journalist Michael Lewis about his book on Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. From 2009, Kroft's investigation of Marc Dreier's Ponzi scheme. From 2015, Kroft's report on conmen filing bogus tax returns and collecting millions. From 2009, Kroft's interview with government agents fighting the $60 billion Medicare fraud industry. From 1991, Mike Wallace's interview with a prison inmate who conducted credit card fraud over the phone. From 2012, Scott Pelley's report on stem cell fraud. And from 1999, Wallace's report on a man who conned elderly Americans out of $200 million using a lottery pool scheme.
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