Stolen Podcast with Erin West
The Stolen podcast is a weekly look into 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 internet.
Hear from law enforcement, cybersecurity experts, and the 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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Explore previous episodes of the Stolen podcast.
Deepfakes, AI, and Scams: Seeing Is No Longer Believing
Episode 44: What if the person on your screen isn't real? Perry Carpenter shares how deepfakes, AI-generated voice cloning, and synthetic media have become powerful weapons.
Scam Solutions: A Plan to Stop America’s Scam Epidemic
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.
Scam Solutions: Fighting Fraud from within the Banking Industry
Financial crimes expert Steve Lenderman joins the Stolen podcast to share expertise about fraud and how to more effectively use data to identify and prevent scams.
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.
Scam Solutions: Fighting Scams with Smarter Tech
Episode 40: Scamnetic’s Al Pasqual on using technology to confirm identity, spot scam activity, and protect consumers from criminals that want to steal from them.
Scam Solutions: Disrupting the Economics of Scamming
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.
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.
Scam Solutions: Educating Teens about Ethical AI
Episode 37: Erin talks to Adya, a high school student who is helping her peers learn about the risks of AI and how to use it ethically.
Scam Solutions: The Evolution of Crypto Investigations
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.