
Billion Dollar Whale exposes Jho Low's $4.5 billion heist that fooled Wall Street and Hollywood. The scandal that financed "The Wolf of Wall Street" and entangled Leonardo DiCaprio became a Pulitzer Prize finalist. How did one man orchestrate history's boldest financial magic trick?
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Imagine waking up one day with more liquid cash than almost anyone on earth. This wasn't a lottery win or inheritance - it was theft on a breathtaking scale. In 2009, a baby-faced 27-year-old Malaysian named Jho Low orchestrated one of history's greatest financial frauds, siphoning over $5 billion from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. Unlike typical embezzlers working in shadows, Low flaunted his stolen wealth on a global stage - raining champagne on Paris Hilton, gifting diamonds to Miranda Kerr, financing "The Wolf of Wall Street," and cruising the Mediterranean on a $250 million yacht. What makes this story truly remarkable isn't just the astronomical sums involved, but how it exposed the complicity of the global financial system. Major banks, prestigious law firms, and Hollywood elites all looked the other way when profits beckoned. When Barack Obama included "Billion Dollar Whale" on his annual reading list, he called it "a true-life thriller about a modern-day Gatsby who orchestrated one of the biggest financial heists in history." The revelations ultimately toppled Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, leading to criminal charges and a stunning electoral defeat.
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco

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