About this episode

The episode explores the rise and fall of Benjamin Mauerberger, a stock scammer involved in the pig butchering scam economy.

A swashbuckling South African expat, Benjamin Mauerberger, rose up as a boiler-room stock hustler in Southeast Asia, then reappeared years later with a diplomatic passport and extraordinary wealth. When reporters start pulling at threads, they uncover an entirely new identity: this stock scammer seems to now be a key player in the industrial “pig butchering” scam economy. How does a small-time con artist end up orbiting political dynasties, buying yachts and private jets?… And what happens when the doors finally start to close? To learn more about Tom Wright and his team’s work on this story: Project Brazen reporting on Mauerberger Read the US Department of Justice’s announcement of their crackdown on the Prince Group"

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