The Security box, program 141A: The Billion Dollar Scam

<p>This is an episode that affiliates can run, and the program is under an hour. We&#39;d like to thank the BBC for doing this research. Its definitely eye opening. </p> <p><br></p> <p>The show notes, which include a link to the video on YouTube follows.</p> <p><br></p> <p>&lt;hr&gt;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Welcome to the security box, podcast 141A. On this podcast, we&#39;re going to provide you with a video. This video comes from the BBC, and it does leave some very interesting questions. Contact info is given at the end.</p> <p><br></p> <p>What sparked this? This toot from Brian Krebs is what sparked this. It says:</p> <p><br></p> <p>&lt;blockquote&gt; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXZ3GzSCQBrianKrebs: Simona Weinglass of The Times of Israel is my new hero. Her video reporting on crypto investment scams is well worth watching.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Tl;dw, it appears the biggest crypto investment scams targeting people in the UK were promoted by at least a half dozen of England&#39;s premiere football (soccer) leagues. These scammers managed to rake in at least a billion dollars, and could afford lucrative sponsorships that got their brand everywhere. As the former scammers explained, there&#39;s nothing real about the investment &quot;earnings&quot; shown to people who get roped into these scams: It&#39;s all just a digital mirage, and any money invested is gone.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Her video series on the BBC zeroes in on who&#39;s responsible. Involves ride-alongs with German police as they worked w/ investigators in the country of Georgia to raid call centers working the phones for these fraudsters.</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXZ3GzSCQ &lt;/blockquote&gt;</p> <p><br></p> <p>If you&#39;re just here for the video, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXZ3GzSCQ&quot;&gt;this is the youtube link to the video &lt;/a&gt; we give in audio. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Thanks Brian for posting this! I found it very eye opening, and it even made me mad, but that&#39;s probably what