SERIES: Scam Empire

AmaBhungane is part of an international consortium of journalists who have gained access to a colossal leak of data from within one such operation, an astonishing and highly organised multinational syndicate simultaneously operating dozens of platforms around the world. Its tentacles spread from the UK and Australia to Poland, Japan and, crucially, South Africa. Exacting records show the scale of the cynical exploitation of aspiring “traders”, the tricks of the trade and the reliance on fakery, shell companies and tangled local and international financial arrangements. And yes, more or less everyone loses their money.

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