Once hailed as “America’s Most Innovative Company,” Enron was the face of the future — until it wasn’t. In this episode, Morgan Sterling takes you inside one of the most shocking corporate collapses in history: a story of deception, accounting trickery, and unchecked ambition.

Discover how Enron’s executives manipulated billions using mark-to-market accounting, shell entities, and falsified profits — while auditors at Arthur Andersen turned a blind eye. From soaring stock prices to total implosion, this is the story of how a financial empire built on lies came undone.

💼 What You’ll Learn:

• How Enron’s “illusion of profit” fooled investors and regulators

• Why Arthur Andersen’s downfall reshaped modern auditing

• The human cost — from employees to shareholders — when greed wins

🎧 Perfect for fans of American Scandal, The Dropout, Dirty Money, or Scamfluencers.

🔍 Keywords: Enron scandal, corporate greed, accounting fraud, Arthur Andersen, Jeffrey Skilling, Kenneth Lay, white collar crime, energy trading, true crime finance, business podcast, Morgan Sterling

When one man’s bets spiralled out of control, Britain’s oldest merchant bank, Barings, collapsed overnight. The Trader Who Brought Down a 233-Year-Old Bank uncovers how Nick Leeson, a 28-year-old futures trader in Singapore, single-handedly bankrupted “the Queen’s bank.”

In this episode of Banking on Crime, we dive into Leeson’s rise, his secret trading losses, the devastating Kobe earthquake, and how he fooled auditors - until it was too late. Discover the greed, hubris, and deception that shook the global financial system.

He was hailed as a genius, a philanthropist, and even the chairman of NASDAQ. But behind the curtain, Bernie Madoff was running the largest Ponzi scheme in history — wiping out charities, universities, Hollywood elites, and everyday investors alike.

In this episode of Banking on Crime, Morgan Sterling takes you inside Madoff’s rise, his empire of lies, the shocking collapse, and the devastating impact on his own family. From the ignored warnings to the protections put in place after his downfall, this is the story of how trust became the most dangerous currency of all.

🎧 Listen now and ask yourself: would you have seen the red flags… or would you have trusted him like everyone else?