Stolen Podcast with Erin West
The Stolen Podcast is a weekly look into the hidden world of transnational digital crime. Join host Erin West — former prosecutor, now cybercrime investigator, global keynote speaker, and your guide into the dark corners of the internet.
Hear from law enforcement, cybersecurity experts, and victims who’ve lived it. Erin investigates the global rise of digital crime — scams, cyber fraud, and other forms of online exploitation — and the people caught in the crossfire. These are the voices behind the headlines and the crimes that cross borders and boundaries.
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A Former Hacker’s Second Act Fighting Cybercrime
Episode 73: Hieu Minh Ngo’s path to a career as a cybercrime investigator is anything but typical. He was a hacker who stole and resold identities. After serving time in U.S. federal prison, he returned to Vietnam to fight scams.
Smoke and Mirrors: Scam Crackdowns in Cambodia and Myanmar
Episode 71: When Congress wants to understand the criminal empires behind scams, they call Jason Tower, a leading expert on transnational organized crime, specifically in Myanmar.
AI-driven Scamming Isn’t a Future Risk; It’s Already Here
Episode 61: Point Prediction co-founder Frank McKenna joins Erin West to talk about new scams, AI, and why data sharing is critical to the fight against the coming wave of fraud.
Mariana van Zeller Goes Inside the Scam Compounds Nobody Sees
Episode 59: One of the few western journalists to cross the border into Myanmar, award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller shares her insight with Erin West.
A Criminologist’s Research-Driven Take on the Scam Crisis
Episode 51: Dr. David Maimon joins Erin to discuss what research reveals about online fraud, how scammers select their victims, and why we need to look in a different direction to prevent fraud.
The Scam Industry Isn’t Going Away, It’s Expanding
Episode 48: Lindsey Kennedy, Nathan Paul Southern, and Erin recount their travels in Cambodia, the humanitarian crisis of trafficking victims trying to get home, and being chased to the Vietnam border.
How Cambodia Became the Center of the Global Scam Industry
Episode 47: Erin West joins investigative journalists Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Paul Southern in Cambodia to find out how the scam industry evolved, and what’s happening with the “crackdown.”
Cambodia’s Scam Crackdown: Unveiling the Illusion
Episode 41: Erin West returns to Cambodia. This time, she’s there to investigate whether the world’s largest scam operations are shutting down, or simply regrouping.
My Trafficked Ugandan Friend Is Alive and Can’t Get Home
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.