Guilty Goldman Banker Living Beverly Hills High Life
We're pretty hard-boiled here at Whale Hunting. But this photo of Tim Leissner, a former Goldman partner who has admitted to stealing more than $200 million from Malaysian fund 1MDB, was surprising even to us. Goldman bankers, including Leissner, helped oil the wheels of the (at least) $6 billion "Billion
Go Backstage With "Night of Show"
During the pandemic, I got to know Adam Wilkes, an accomplished concert promoter. He's taken acts like Metallica, Ed Sheeran, and Katy Perry on tour. But the Covid-related shutdown had put a halt to all live concerts. And so Adam, for the first time in years, had time on his
CRAFT: David Johnson of C4ADS
C4ADS is a nonprofit organization engaged in a fight to defeat the illicit networks that threaten global peace and security.
Private Jets, Cambodia Style
Yim Leak, the son of Cambodia's deputy prime minister, is showing off on a private jet - G550, purchased for around $20 million in the middle of last year.
Protest in Met as Dynamite Doug Podcast Launches
On Tuesday, famed Cambodian dancer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro staged an unsanctioned dance in the Metropolitan Museum in New York to spotlight the nation's attempts to reclaim its stolen heritage. (Photos and video of the performance are available here.) The focus of her dance were statues looted by Douglas Latchford, a
Fat Leonard and Saab Trade Prospects
Meet Indira Urbaneja, a Venezuelan nationalist who is trying to get Leonard Francis sent back to the U.S. to face sentencing.
The Met Scrambles to Scrub Traces of a Thief
Statues are disappearing from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as it tries to tiptoe away from a huge problem with provenance of antiquities.
Maduro Extracts His Pound of Fat Leonard Flesh
High-level political brokers are looking to trade Leonard Glenn Francis, a.k.a. Fat Leonard, for a notorious figure in U.S. custody.
The Met's Growing Art Problem
The Manhattan District Attorney this year executed six warrants to seize artifacts from Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's going to get much worse.
Fat Leonard Publication Day
We're hearing that Venezuela will soon extradite Leonard Francis, aka Fat Leonard, the fugitive Navy contractor, back to the U.S. to face sentencing for his role in a crazy sex-for-contracts bribery scandal. Ahead of that development, today we're publishing a book, Fat Leonard: The Man Who Corrupted the U.
FTX, a Whale Hunter's Delight
The FTX fraud is way worse and deeper than people realize. It's one of the greatest scandals of our time, with more than $10 billion stolen.
Sam Bankman-Fried: Hero to Zero
In April, we put Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, on our Brazen Rich List at $30 billion. Today, we're reducing SBF to zero. His crypto exchange FTX is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy as it attempts to fill an $8 billion hole. We've got some inside scoops on the crypto