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10.10.12
ALL MY FORTUNE STORIES:
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5.22.14
Is Wall Street Pulling A Fast One?
https://www.newsweek.com/2014/05/30/wall-street-pulling-fast-one-251784.html
12.15.16
Bitcoin is Being Monitored by an Increasingly Wary U.S. Government
9.18.16
Health Fallout from 9/11 on Par with Chernobyl
9.11.17
9/11 Children: Scientists Find Toxins in Their Baby Teeth
4.4.16
Panama Papers: ‘This is Just the Beginning’
https://www.newsweek.com/panama-papers-just-beginning-443978
5.9.16
Goldman Sachs and Other Big Banks Abound in Panama Papers Database
Exclusive: Jersey Senator Seeks Asylum in the U.S.
Exclusive: Jersey Senator Seeks Asylum in the U.S. hen Stuart Syvret arrived at an undisclosed location in the United States in 2022, he had nothing more than the shoes on his feet, the clothes on his back and a knapsack containing just a...
The King’s Conundrum
The King’s Conundrum If tax havens refuse to change, then what can stop them? he Year of the Dragon is nigh – and, as ever, it signifies imperial power. One modest example: gold-dipped Coronation carriages. But it also represents innovations and...
Magic larp The harsh reality of living the millennial dream
Magic larpThe harsh reality of living the millennial dream No one wants to live in the real world anymore. But no one less so than millennials. Returnhen I was young, I spent most of my free time reading books. I was insatiable. As soon as I could...
America’s Much-Vaunted, Mythological CBDC
America’s Much-Vaunted, Mythological CBDCAs investors confront the so-called crypto winter, many are looking toward central bank digital currencies as a possible solution. If only it were that simple. (Part of the crypto column series.) Institutional InvesterAugust 1,...
Island of Jersey keeps secrets of the rich and powerful
The namesake of New Jersey, the five-by-nine-mile island of Jersey is located in the English Channel off the coast of France and is a so-called “peculiar possession” of the British Crown. Neither a part of the United Kingdom nor the European Union, it is accountable to the UK Queen but governs itself.
Offshore leak exposes financial secrets of Ghislaine Maxwell’s family
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell occupied the highest reaches of society, hobnobbing with royalty and world leaders while hopscotching the globe on Epstein’s private jets.
Jersey Tax Shelter Leak Exposes Wall Street Trading Activities of Ghislaine Maxwell’s Family
Leaked documents show how Kevin and Ian Maxwell, brothers of disgraced heiress Ghislaine, used a Jersey trust to hide their business activities and finances. OCCRPJune 17, 2022Comprising 350,000 pages, the La Hougue files were discovered on the 58-acre estate of St....
Does Crypto Have Value? A Bitcoin Pioneer Spelled It Out Years Ago.
In May 2012, Autumn Radtke, chief executive of the fledgling virtual currency exchange, First Meta, gave a remarkable talk on how otherwise intelligent people began reaching for their wallets to shell out for code.
E15: The Journalist, the Jerseymen, and the Trillion-Dollar Island (with Leah McGrath Goodman)
The Bailiwick of Jersey, the British Crown Dependency in the Channel Islands, has long been a tax haven for corporations, criminals, royals, and rich people who don’t like to pay their fair share. It’s also one of the most corrupt places in the Western world. Greg...
Elite Criminals and Network Enablers ft. Leah McGrath Goodman
In this episode, we dive into why audiences are finally ready to hear this story – and others like it. She’s got tips for journalists on how to broach difficult, critical stories without alienating the audience.
The High Warren and the Dark Sea ft. Leah McGrath Goodman
Veteran investigative journalist Leah McGrath Goodman has, for a decade, studied the British channel island of Jersey, home to two trillion dollars in offshore wealth, tunnels under a hill, a Victorian children’s school, and some of the world’s darkest secrets.
Is Bitcoin Too Big to Fail?
Even as the cryptocurrency hits record highs, threats to its long-term success remain. (Part of the crypto column series.)
Warren Buffett May Not Be Into Crypto, but His Granddaughter Is
Warren Buffett May Not Be Into Crypto, but His Grand-daughter IsWith record volumes and sales exploding into the billions, NFTs are red hot — and for artists like Nicole Buffett, a pandemic-proof way to sell art. Leah McGrath GoodmanInstitutional InvestorSeptember 24,...
He Waited 17 Years to Be Denied an SEC Whistleblower Award
After reaping more than $50 million from a sprawling fraud uncovered by Eugene Ross, the SEC has handed down a final order denying him any award.
What It’s Really Like to Be a Wall Street Whistleblower
SEC’s Office of the Whistleblower has splashed out nearly a billion dollars in its cash-for-tips program. But it’s not for the faint of heart.
Wall Street Firm Founded by Trump’s Army Secretary Nominee Violated Trading Rules for Years
Virtu Financial, the giant Wall Street high-frequency trading firm run by President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Army, Vincent Viola, has a record of violating the rules of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act, the Nasdaq Stock Market, the New York Stock Exchange and other exchanges that extends back nearly as long as the firm has been in business, according to U.S. market regulatory filings reviewed by Newsweek.
How Credit Card Companies Prey on Millennials
How Credit Card Companies Prey on Millennials Leah McGrath GoodmanNewsweekAugust 18, 2016hen Kelly Dilworth applied for a Discover card in July, she was happy to learn that her spending limit was $13,000—a level most card companies don't offer...
Wall Street May Be Panicking About the Swings in Oil Prices—But You Shouldn’t
Wall Street May Be Panicking About the Swings in Oil Prices—But You Shouldn'tLeah McGrath GoodmanNewsweekFebruary 3, 2016he headlines tell us that oil's fall below $30 a barrel in January and loss of nearly 50 percent of its value in 2015 could...
If Women Are So Good At Managing Money, Why Are So Few of Them Doing It?
Of all the rarefied niches on Wall Street, perhaps the most opaque and exclusive is the hedge fund industry, where traders are handed millions and even billions of dollars to invest on behalf of banks, endowments, pension funds and the superrich.
Judgment Day for the U.S. Surveillance State
Judgment Day for the U.S. Surveillance StateLeah McGrath GoodmanNewsweekMay 11, 2015hen James A. Baker, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's newly appointed general counsel, met for dinner with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt a couple of...
The EMBERS Project Can Predict the Future With Twitter
The EMBERS Project Can Predict the Future With TwitterLeah McGrath GoodmanNewsweekMarch 7, 2015or the majority of Americans born after World War II, it is unlikely Arlington, Virginia, holds any special significance. But for those who know that the...
Predicting the Next Wall Street Disaster
Predicting the Next Wall Street DisasterLeah McGrath GoodmanNewsweekFebruary 12, 2015ouldn't it be great if the U.S. had a heat map of the entire financial system that could alert it to vulnerabilities and approaching calamities before a global...
Is Wall Street Pulling a Fast One?
When members of the House Financial Services Committee grilled Mary Jo White, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), all they wanted to talk about was a book: Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys.
You Know the Drill
The drilling areas are easy to spot. “In the past few years, it has totally taken over the landscape,” says Gordon, executive director of EcoFlight, a nonprofit that sponsors flights over drill sites, forest clear-cuts and strip mines to educate those who don’t get to regularly see the full impact on the land of the energy-extraction process. “The pristine areas are so few now, they really catch your eye,” he said. “You can’t fly 30 minutes in any direction without seeing the wreckage.”
Discussion: Arianna Huffington
Virtual Book Talk: Arianna Huffington April 16th @ 6PM Hosted by online by Everyone's Books: Brattleboro, VTDiscussion to explore ‘inspiration, ambition, and the craft of writing’Discussion Brattleboro journalist Leah McGrath Goodman will speak about her new biography...
Storyville 2021 – Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne – BBC TWO
Film Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne tells the extraordinary story of the child abuse scandal that erupted on the idyllic island of Jersey in 2007. For a long time, the victims’ voices had remained unheard, but when widespread allegations of sexual...
The Heiress the Queen and the Trillion Dollar Tax Shelter
An ugly family battle on the island of Jersey spills into the open.
Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne
Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island: Garenne tells the extraordinary story of the child abuse scandal that erupted on the idyllic island of Jersey in 2007. For a long time, the victims’ voices had remained unheard, but when widespread allegations of sexual abuse resurfaced in the late 2000s, Jersey’s then health minister Stuart Syvret spoke out about the scale of this historic child abuse and the damage done to the victims.
The U.S. Futures Watchdog Won’t Assign Blame for the Oil Price Crash. Market Watchers Say That’s a Big Problem
The U.S. Futures Watchdog Won’t Assign Blame for the Oil Price Crash. Market Watchers Say That’s a Big Problem.The regulator’s lack of conclusions raises the specter of credibility problems and an oil trading “Wild West,” market participants say. Leah McGrath...
The Secretive Town at the Center of the World’s Oil Market
Once at the center of America’s black-gold rush, Cushing is now the world’s largest onshore oil storage and energy market hub. Signs of its long, tumultuous history can be seen throughout the town, which is situated on a barren plain surrounded by muddy grasslands.
Tracking the culprits behind April 20.
The Mysterious London Traders Accused of Manipulating Oil Markets — and the Anonymous Hedge Fund, Rare-Coin Expert, and Day Traders Who Are Fighting BackTracking the culprits behind April 20. Leah McGrath Goodman Institutional Investor September 17, 2020Robert Mish is...
Wall Street’s Crypto Cold War
Wall Street’s Crypto Cold WarHedge fund legends Paul Tudor Jones and Jim Simons are going one way on cryptocurrencies. The United States government is going another. Leah McGrath GoodmanInstitutional InvestorJuly 24, 2020n March 2018, Daniel...
Locked-Up Journalists. Espionage Investigations. Constitutional Challenges. The Government’s Release of Economic Data Was Arcane and Complex — Until Now.
Locked-Up Journalists. Espionage Investigations. Constitutional Challenges. The Government’s Release of Economic Data Was Arcane and Complex — Until Now.Inside the world’s most important data room. Leah McGrath GoodmanInstitutional InvestorJune 3,...
Inside the Biggest Oil Meltdown in History
Inside the Biggest Oil Meltdown in HistoryOn April 20, chaos reigned in oil markets. Here’s what happened. Leah McGrath Goodman Institutional Investor May 06, 2020he first-ever zero oil trade happened at 2:08 p.m. ET on Monday, April 20, during...
Miranda Is Not a One-Off; it Happened to Me
Miranda Is Not a One-Off; it Happened to Me.Leah McGrath GoodmanHuffington PostDecember 6, 2017efore David Miranda was detained for nine hours at London’s Heathrow Airport, there was me. The news of Miranda’s detainment came while I was cooking...
Donald Trump, West Palm Beach and the Rise of the New Wall Street
Donald Trump, West Palm Beach and the Rise of the New Wall Street Leah McGrath Goodman Newsweek March 21, 2017he night I flew into West Palm Beach, a string of deadly tornadoes ripped across Florida. High winds pounded surf against jagged coastline...
Child Abuse Inquiry on Top Tax Shelter Jersey Island Delayed Again
In 2008, police unearthed the remains of at least 10 children, ages 6 to 12 years old, under a shuttered residential care home, on the island of Jersey—a territory of the British Crown, off the coast of France.
9/11’s Second Wave: Cancer and Other Diseases Linked to the 2001 Attacks Are Surging
As many as 400,000 people are estimated to be affected by diseases, such as cancers, and mental illnesses linked to September 11. This figure includes those who lived and worked within a mile and a half of Ground Zero in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the vast majority of whom still don’t know they’re at risk. Mark Farfel, director of the World Trade Center Health Registry, which tracks the health of more than 71,000 rescue workers and survivors, says, “Many people don’t connect the symptoms they have today to September 11.”
Why Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal Could Happen Again
Why Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal Could Happen AgainLeah McGrath Goodman Newsweek June 15, 2016n a repeat of the events that preceded Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is once again...
Cheating Death: Volkswagen Thrives Despite ‘Dieselgate’
Late last year, at the height of its “Dieselgate” scandal, Volkswagen unfurled a white banner across the front of its iconic 1930s-era plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Written on it was an appeal in German that translated to: “We need transparency, energy and courage—but most of all, we need you.”