The Inkjet Counterfeiter
Albert Talton started with some recycled newsprint and a cheap printer from Staples. By the end, he’d put more than $7 million into circulation.
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Albert Talton started with some recycled newsprint and a cheap printer from Staples. By the end, he’d put more than $7 million into circulation.
Adam Higginbotham Wired (UK) Oct 2009 10min Permalink
How an aging trio of Irish ‘travelers’ criss-crossed America in a mobile home conning Home Depot out of over $1 million.
Kara Platoni East Bay Express Sep 2003 25min Permalink
A caller poses as a policeman and convinces McDonald’s managers to strip-search a female employee. It’s not the first time.
Andrew Wolfson The Courier-Journal Oct 2005 25min Permalink
Why has a prestigious address been used so many times as a center for elaborate international fraud?
Oliver Bullough The Guardian Apr 2016 20min Permalink
An investigation into sexual abuse at elite New England schools.
Jenn Abelson, Bella English, Jonathan Saltzman, Todd Wallack Boston Globe May 2016 25min Permalink
Once viewed as a forensic “silver bullet,” DNA evidence is coming under fire.
Matthew Shaer The Atlantic May 2016 25min Permalink
The fight to extradite El Chapo.
Dwyer Murphy Guernica Jun 2016 20min Permalink
After a murder in the California wilderness, the search for the killer raises complicated questions about mental illness.
Ashley Powers California Sunday May 2016 25min Permalink
Who was Omar Mateen?
The mysterious deaths of two young tourists in Panama puzzled examiners but new documents may reveal their fate.
Jeremy Kryt Daily Beast Jul–Aug 2016 40min Permalink
An examination of the continued fascination with the 6-year-old beauty queen, 20 years after her murder.
Sarah Marshall Buzzfeed Sep 2016 20min Permalink
We like to believe that the blame for wrongful convictions falls on individuals: the racist prosecutor, the crooked cop. It doesn’t always work that way.
Stephanie Clifford New Yorker Oct 2016 25min Permalink
An unlikely duo from Boston treks to Bolivia, hoping to solve a 30-year-old aviation mystery.
Peter Frick-Wright Outside Oct 2016 30min Permalink
Maurice Lerner missed his shot at the majors and landed in the Rhode Island mafia.
Dan Barry New York Times Oct 2016 20min Permalink
With the 428th pick in the 1974 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected…one of the most violent killers in U.S. history.
L. Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated Nov 2016 25min Permalink
Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults.
Margaret Talbot New Yorker Nov 2016 35min Permalink
How the Robin Hood of gamblers got ensnared in a money laundering scheme led by former football players.
David Amsden Rolling Stone Nov 2016 30min Permalink
Did a forgotten black gumshoe inspire the famous works of both Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett?
Daniel Miller LA Times Nov 2014 10min Permalink
A 48-hour reconstruction of the Breitscheidplatz Attack and the political response.
Der Spiegel Dec 2016 25min Permalink
Two bodies wash up in Northern Europe, wearing identical wetsuits. The search for their identities leads authorities to a camp in Calais.
Anders Fjellberg, Tomm W. Christiansen Dagbladet Jun 2015 40min Permalink
Business Crime Tech World Movies & TV
What really happened at Sony Pictures during the cyberattack – and questions about whether the company should have seen it coming.
Peter Elkind Fortune Jun 2015 55min Permalink
To date, more than 500 people have been killed by police in America. This is the story of one, Charly Keunang.
Jeff Sharlet GQ Jul 2015 35min Permalink
Alberto Nisman accused Iran and Argentina of colluding to bury a terrorist attack. Did it get him killed?
Dexter Filkins New Yorker Jul 2015 40min Permalink
The anti-human trafficking stings conducted by Operation Underground Railroad are flashy, exciting, camera-ready. Whether or not they truly help victims is another question.
Thomas Stackpole Foreign Policy Jul 2015 20min Permalink
What happens to the people who film famous incidents of police violence.
Jon Swaine, Oliver Laughland Guardian Aug 2015 15min Permalink