The Billion Dollar Scam

The billion-dollar scam: How companies used Premier League sponsorship to target unsuspecting football fans.

Investigative reporter Simona Weinglass leads a #BBCEye investigation into a criminal network, believed to have scammed more than a billion dollars from victims across the globe.

The organisation sponsored a top-tier football club to promote its online trading platform, promising investors the chance of astonishing returns. But what lies behind the claims?

The search – from a mansion in London, to a forest in Scandinavia and a call centre in Georgia – reveals a web of deceit.

We hear from victims, undercover agents and police, in a bid to track down who’s in charge.

MOCTEN

 

In January 1993, EUNET launched the first online news website, MOCTEN.com (stands for Music Opinions Culture Technology Economy News), led by Eric Bach, Teus Hagen, Peter Collinson, Julf Helsingius, Daniel Karrenberg,...  Read more

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