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True Cover Ups

True Cover Ups

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True cover ups are rarely about the original crime. The spill, the defect, the accident: those are survivable. It is the meeting afterward, where powerful people decide the public must never know, that turns a mistake into a conspiracy. This show tells the true stories of cover ups.

Each episode reconstructs one cover up in full, cinematic detail: the event that should have been headline news, the machinery that buried it, the whistleblowers ignored, threatened, or worse, and the crack through which the truth finally escaped. No host chatting between clips, no panel trading theories. Just one complete story, narrated start to finish, built from declassified files, court records, and the testimony of people who refused to stay quiet.

You will uncover cover ups where corporations shipped products they knew would kill, agencies rewrote reports while families begged for answers, and entire disasters were reclassified into footnotes. Some episodes follow the cover up in real time; others follow the decades-long fight to force the documents into daylight. All of them treat cover ups as what they really are: a second crime, committed in meeting rooms.

If you are drawn to true cover ups told with documents instead of speculation, this is built for you. New episodes drop regularly, each one a self-contained case. Subscribe now so the next of these cover ups lands the moment it goes live.Copyright OBOMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT ノンフィクション犯罪
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  • The prospectus that counted reserve transfers as "earnings" exposed the lie

    The prospectus that counted reserve transfers as "earnings" exposed the lie
    2026/09/03
    A 1928 London prospectus promised huge earnings while hiding secret withdrawals-what did investors actually buy?

    The prospectus that counted reserve transfers as "earnings" exposed the lie

    In this episode, we present a close look at the document, the figures it used, and the corporate practices that let a hulking shipping empire dress losses as profits. How did transfers from a hidden reserve become the basis for public investment, and what questions did that raise about truthful accounting?

    Company: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
    Person: Lord Kylsant
    Date: 1928 prospectus; trading losses since 1925; 1931 Court of Appeal verdict referenced
    Event: 1928 debenture prospectus claiming average annual earnings of £500,000 based on prior decade figures
    Location: United Kingdom

    - The prospectus asserted the company had averaged £500,000 per year over the previous ten years, printed and signed by respected men.
    - The company had a hidden reserve-about £1 million remaining after wartime government payments and tax provisions-kept off public accounts.
    - From 1926 onward, reported profits relied on transfers from that secret reserve rather than genuine trading profits.
    - 1926 accounts showed a reported profit of £439,000 that included a £750,000 withdrawal from the reserve; without it the year was a loss.
    - The 1928 debenture prospectus used the ten-year earnings claim to raise money from the public, setting up a legal challenge about whether all-true statements can nevertheless constitute a lie.

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    20 分
  • The Memo That Shielded a Bank and Exposed a System

    The Memo That Shielded a Bank and Exposed a System
    2026/09/03
    A former private banker, fresh out of prison, receives a $104 million check from the IRS for exposing the very crime he committed. This is the story of Swiss bank secrecy.

    The Memo That Shielded a Bank and Exposed a System

    This episode explores the paradox of a man who pleaded guilty to a crime and was then paid to expose it. It delves into the inner workings of offshore tax evasion and the system that allowed it to flourish.

    Person: Bradley Birkenfeld
    Date: September 11, 2012
    Location: Geneva, Switzerland
    Topic: Swiss bank secrecy
    Organization: UBS

    - Bradley Birkenfeld spent years moving money for wealthy clients within a secretive financial institution.
    - In October 2005, Birkenfeld resigned from UBS, carrying knowledge of the bank's operations.
    - The Swiss Banking Act of 1934 made disclosing client information to foreign governments a criminal offense.
    - UBS bankers traveled to the United States to cultivate American clients and offer invisible accounts.
    - An internal UBS memo described prohibited cross-border banking activities, which Birkenfeld interpreted as a "paper shield."

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    15 分
  • The Harvard Lawyer Who Stole A Billion Dollars

    The Harvard Lawyer Who Stole A Billion Dollars
    2026/09/03
    A Harvard-trained attorney sells fictitious debt instruments to hedge funds. How did he almost pull it off?

    The Harvard Lawyer Who Stole A Billion Dollars

    This episode explores the story of Marc Dreier, a Yale and Harvard-trained attorney who built a sophisticated scheme selling fictitious debt instruments. It delves into the details of how he operated and the unanswered questions surrounding his actions.

    Person: Marc Stuart Dreier
    Education: Yale, Harvard Law School
    Location: 499 Park Avenue, New York
    Amount: $950 million (fictitious notes)
    Period: 2004-2008

    - Marc Dreier, born in 1950, came from a family where ambition was a business model.
    - He earned degrees from Yale in 1972 and Harvard Law in 1975, becoming a partner at respectable law firms.
    - In 1996, Dreier formed his own firm, eventually launching Dreier LLP in 2006 with offices in five cities.
    - As the sole equity partner, Dreier controlled all financial decisions, despite the firm having a net operating loss of approximately one million dollars monthly.
    - Dreier began issuing fictitious promissory notes around 2004, purporting to be from real companies like Solow Realty, complete with fabricated financial statements and forged audit letters.

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    18 分
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