Bad Blood
The reporter who broke the Theranos story traces how a blood-testing startup fooled investors, partners and regulators.
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The fraud bookshelf
Books on fraud worth reading
The big cases and the skills behind uncovering them: Theranos, Enron, Madoff, 1MDB, FTX, and how to read numbers and people.
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Financial Shenanigans
A field guide to the tricks companies use to dress up their financial statements.
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The Wizard of Lies
How Bernie Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme on record, and why so many people trusted him.
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Spy the Lie
Former CIA officers explain how they tell when someone is being deceptive.
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The Smartest Guys in the Room
The story of Enron’s rise and collapse, and the accounting that hid it.
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Billion Dollar Whale
The 1MDB scandal: billions moved through shell companies, banks and Hollywood.
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Number Go Up
A reporter’s trip through the crypto boom and the frauds inside it, including FTX.
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Going Infinite
Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX in the months before it collapsed.
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What Every BODY Is Saying
A former FBI agent’s guide to reading nonverbal behavior.
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Catch Me If You Can
The memoir of one of the best-known impostors and check forgers.
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