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The Biggest Heist in History | The Pascal Najadi Series | Episode 2 (WiM227)

The "What is Money?" Show

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What Role Did Your Father Play in This Scandal?

The bank that he founded in 1975 at Malaysian Bank was the bank where the first $680 million were funneled through on the accounts of the Prime Minister. And he learned about that and he went to the central bank of Malaysia to report it. Big mistake. He should have left the country and said, look, there's stuff going on. I can't trip. It was not involved. The funny thing is the film Wolf of Wall Street was a big hit. But it showed the decadence of investment banking. Yes. Well, once again, it's easier to spend the money that you did not earn. So that's not terrible.

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