Stolen Podcast: Episodes 31–40
Stolen is a weekly podcast that uncovers the hidden world of transnational digital crime. Join host Erin West — prosecutor, cybercrime investigator, global keynote speaker, and your guide into the dark corners of the scam industry.
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Episode 39: Banking expert Donna Turner shares her perspective on the role that banking and financial services play in the fight against the scam industry.
Episode 38: Update from Cambodia: Sam was released from the scam compound where he’d been trafficked and forced to scam, but he’s now trapped with no way to get home.
Episode 36: Investigation expert, researcher, and educator Gary Warner on the evolving use of tech in scams, helping law enforcement, and new projects in the fight.
Episode 35: Jake Sims joins Erin West to break down the unprecedented arrest and deportation of Chen Zhi, one of the most powerful scam kingpins operating out of Cambodia.
Episode 34: The congratulatory sweepstakes email was convincing. So convincing that even Erin West’s mother-in-law was caught in a gift-card scam.
Episode 33: Paul Raffile explains the fastest-growing, most dangerous scam targeting kids. He breaks down how it works, who’s behind it, why cases are rising, and what we must do now to stop it.
Episode 32: Erin West interviews Jane, a survivor of a scam that involved multiple calls with supposed representatives of Amazon, her bank, and government agencies.
Episode 31: Jake Sims talks about the Reuters report about Meta’s scam ad revenue, how the Thai-Cambodian border clash ties to scam compounds, and the loss of USAID.