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 43: Ken Westbrook shares how his mother got him into fighting scams, the challenge in measuring the scale of scams, and the actions the U.S. needs to take to better fight scams.
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.