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Brett Forrest

Sports

All the World is Staged

Catching “the world’s most prolific criminal fixer of soccer matches.”

Brett Forrest ESPN May 2012 15min Permalink

Crime

Pin Kings

How two high school wrestling teammates ended up on opposites side of the law during Miami’s cocaine wars.

Brett Forrest ESPN the Magazine Aug 2016 25min Permalink

Business Crime Sports

The FBI vs. FIFA

How the feds flipped a corrupt American soccer official named Chuck Blazer and brought down the sport’s governing body.

Shaun Assael, Brett Forrest ESPN the Magazine Feb 2016 20min Permalink

Business Crime Sports

How the World's Biggest Bookie was Snared

Paul Phua rose from a Borneo numbers runner to being the biggest bookmaker in the world. Then he found poker.

Brett Forrest ESPN Nov 2015 30min Permalink

World

Shattered Genius

The author attempts to interview Grigori Perelman, a reclusive mathematical genius.

Brett Forrest Playboy Jul 2012 15min Permalink

The Big Russian Life of Anna Chapman, ex-spy

A profile of the Russian spy-turned-Maxim covergirl.

Brett Forrest Capital New York Jan 2012 25min Permalink

Crime World

Russia's Spam King

The unsolved killing of Russia’s most notorious spammer.

Brett Forrest Wired Aug 2006 10min Permalink