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Season 1 · The Manual of Deception

MATERIUM episodes: season 1, The Manual of Deception

Sixteen real scams, from Victor Lustig to FTX, investigated with archive material and sources. Each episode runs about 15 minutes, is free on YouTube and ends with a Law of Deception: the trap the con artist used, and the one someone could use on you. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday.

Season 1

The case files

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Case file 1 · 15 min

Victor Lustig

Paris, 1925: five letters and a secret invitation

Case file 6 · 18 min

Bernie Madoff

14 months later he confessed a $65 billion fraud

Case file 7 · Opens 6 November

Allen Stanford

He Took $7 Billion From Latin America's Savers

Case file 8 · Opens 10 November

Jordan Belfort

Belfort’s Firm Was Never on Wall Street: What the Movie Left Out

Case file 9 · Opens 13 November

Shimon Hayut

The Tinder Swindler: The Story Netflix Didn't Tell You

Case file 10 · Opens 17 November

Billy McFarland

Fyre Festival: Out of Prison, He Sold a Fyre 2 With No Date or Lineup

Case file 11 · Coming soon

Sergei Mavrodi (MMM)

Russia's Biggest Pyramid Scheme: His Victims Elected Him to Parliament

Case file 12 · Coming soon

Frank Abagnale

Catch Me If You Can: Hollywood Bought It, Records Didn’t

Case file 13 · Coming soon

Lou Pearlman

Lou Pearlman Got the Keys to His Own Cell. Did He Use Them?

Case file 14 · Coming soon

Jeffrey Skilling (Enron)

Enron: A Harvard MBA Told the Senate “I’m Not an Accountant”

Case file 15 · Coming soon

Elizabeth Holmes (Theranos)

Theranos: $9 Billion for a Machine That Never Delivered

Case file 16 · Coming soon

Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX)

FTX: They Got 105% Back… and Were Still Robbed

The Manual of Deception

Episode 1 · 15 min He Sold the Eiffel Tower and Ended Up in AlcatrazVictor Lustig Episode 2 · 17 min He Invented a Nation. Venezuela Buried Him a HeroGregor MacGregor Episode 3 · 16 min Why Every Ponzi Scheme Bears His NameCharles Ponzi Episode 4 · 15 min She Ran History's First Pyramid SchemeBaldomera Larra Episode 5 · 15 min Accused of a $4 Billion Fraud, Missing Since 2017The Cryptoqueen Episode 6 · 18 min Madoff Said No One Could Break the Rules… and He Was Doing ItBernie Madoff Opens 6 November He Took $7 Billion From Latin America's SaversAllen Stanford Opens 10 November Belfort’s Firm Was Never on Wall Street: What the Movie Left OutJordan Belfort Opens 13 November The Tinder Swindler: The Story Netflix Didn't Tell YouShimon Hayut Opens 17 November Fyre Festival: Out of Prison, He Sold a Fyre 2 With No Date or LineupBilly McFarland

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