The Greatest Heists You’ve Never Heard Of
08/08/19 • 57 min
When you think of heists, you probably think of masked men, bank robbers, and priceless art. But governments carry out heists, too. In this episode, we explore a billion dollar bank heist carried out by North Korean hackers; a heist carried out by a dictator who pledged to rule for a billion years (and was obsessed with mayonnaise); and a jewel heist that destroyed diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Thailand for a generation.
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Power Corrupts is written and narrated by Brian Klaas. The executive producer and sound editor is George McDonagh.
When you think of heists, you probably think of masked men, bank robbers, and priceless art. But governments carry out heists, too. In this episode, we explore a billion dollar bank heist carried out by North Korean hackers; a heist carried out by a dictator who pledged to rule for a billion years (and was obsessed with mayonnaise); and a jewel heist that destroyed diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Thailand for a generation.
Support the show on Patreon at Patreon.com/powercorrupts
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Power Corrupts is written and narrated by Brian Klaas. The executive producer and sound editor is George McDonagh.
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