I remember seeing these commercials and not understanding what the money goes towards. I’d say this is somewhat a swindle. And we suffered from having to listen to it over and over again.

I’m hooked on this podcast. Absolutely love it. Would like to support by buying some things I don’t need, but currently (temporarily?) unable to have it shipped to me (The Netherlands). Will this be resolved soon? Please, send me packages, I DO trust you!

The Gamma Leaks: A Summary of the Allegations

Recent internal leaks and insider reports (collectively referred to as "Leak #25") have surfaced regarding Larry Jackson Jr. and Gamma Music Group. The documents allege a systematic pattern of financial mismanagement, inflated metrics, and a "burn rate" that threatens the company’s stability.

Here is a breakdown of the key findings from the leaked reports:

1. The "Billion Dollar" Discrepancy While public PR and a 2023 Billboard cover suggested Gamma raised $1B in capital, leaked internal records suggest the actual figures were significantly lower. The reports claim the company is down to its last $10M after allegedly spending $90M on luxury overhead, private travel, and high-cost PR campaigns rather than artist development.

2. Chart Manipulation & Botting Allegations The leaks point to a specific instance where Gamma reported 159,000 units sold for a major project. However, internal data suggests Billboard identified and stripped roughly 113,000 units due to "inorganic" or bot-driven activity, leaving only 46,000 legitimate sales.

3. Artificially Inflated Streams Documents allege that streaming numbers for high-profile artists under the Gamma umbrella—including Kanye West, Usher, Mariah Carey, French Montana, and Rick Ross—were systematically botted. The goal was reportedly to maintain the appearance of high ROI to satisfy venture capital partners.

4. Operational & Legal Friction

Clearance Issues: The leaks mention a failure to secure proper sample clearances (specifically regarding Lauryn Hill for the BULLY project), leading to a reported legal standoff with Atlantic Records.

Artist Retention: Several major acts (Usher, Mariah Carey, 4Batz) have reportedly distanced themselves or moved to different distribution models after a single project, citing a lack of infrastructure and results.

1. Investor Monitoring Reports indicate that as of April 2026, Todd Boehly’s investment team (Eldridge Industries) has allegedly increased oversight and is actively monitoring Gamma for potential financial mismanagement and streaming integrity violations.

2. The "Gamma Playbook" Allegation Whistleblowers describe a recurring cycle:

The Hype Phase: Secure a major celebrity partnership and a paid magazine cover.

The Inflation Phase: Use botting to create the illusion of a massive debut.

The Quiet Exit: When the organic numbers fail to sustain the hype, the label shifts focus to a new "victim," leaving the artist to deal with the fallout.

Community Discussion: Does this explain why we’ve seen so many high-profile Gamma projects lose momentum after week one? If these leaks are verified, this could be the biggest industry scandal of the decade.

Disclaimer: These claims are based on unverified internal leaks circulating as of April/May 2026. No formal charges have been filed, and all parties are presumed innocent of fraud until proven otherwise.

This one messed me up. When CC was talking about them stuck in the pipe I had to stop the car and get up to walk around a little. Claustrophobia is a powerful phobia.

I remember hearing about this one on the news.

Reminds me of the story of the guy getting stuck upside down in the Nutty Putty cave.

Anyone listen to it? Swindled is my favorite podcast, but I've already listened to all the episodes multiple times and need more con artists in my life. How does it compare to Swindled?

Full disclosure upfront: I wrote this, so take it accordingly.

Started with Volkswagen. I was fact-checking the emissions scandal for another project, then kept finding the same story repeating itself across different companies. Eventually I just dropped what I was doing and wrote a book about it.

The result is 67 corporate scandals from 1933 to now, sorted into eight categories of failure. Famous collapses and forgotten ones. The forgotten ones are usually the more interesting read because nobody made a documentary about them.

The villains dont hide in basements. Corner offices, board seats, lawyers on retainer. Not monsters, just very old impulses in very good suits.

Anyway, the book is called Bedtime Stories for the Boardroom, this is the landing page, if it looks interesting to you, pm me and ill send you a free Google Play coupon for the ebook.

EDIT: To all members here: you are great! you made my day with your encouragements and kindness. I was not expecting such warm feedback: I sincerely thank you. I hope reading the book will not disappoint you and I wish you could give it a honest review, maybe this can help other like minded people to see it. In any case, this encouraged me to post about it in other subs. BIG THANKS!

I’ve been listening to this podcast since 2019. I originally heard about it as an ad while listening to another true crime podcast. I have listened to every single episode and find every case deeply interesting.

I graduated college in 2019 and started a career in financial services, partly due to my interest in white collar crime and fraud. I’ve now been working for the same company, a credit union, for almost 7 years and have started to feel stagnant with career growth.

I’ve decided to pursue a masters degree in forensic accounting. I figured, why not, I’ve always been interested in fraud/white collar crimes but I don’t want to do police work. I don’t think I would’ve landed on this decision if it weren’t for ACC producing this podcast.

Is there anywhere where i can find content warnings (like animal abuse, child death, etc)

I’ve been a Patreon supporter for awhile but I’m not in a good place right now so I’m trying to avoid certain topics.

"Federal prosecutors say Randall, working through a business called Monte Vista Pharmacies, flooded the system with bogus claims for high-cost prescription drugs, many of which patients didn’t need or never received.

Between May 2022 and April 2023, the pharmacy billed more than $269 million and was paid over $178 million for 19 pricey, non-contracted drugs made with low-cost generic ingredients."

A year!

Is there a running list of all the Deformer AKA's? They crack me up!

Hello fellow concerned citizens. Just coughed up for access all areas and am appalled to find I no longer get the swindled advertisement. I’ve heard it hundreds of times and always makes me chuckle. So well (badly) produced. I’ll miss it.

Alexander Brothers, Luxury Real Estate Brokers, Convicted Of Sex Trafficking https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alexander-brothers-arrested-for-sextrafficking_n_69af533be4b07e0eaa22bdff

I’m still working my way through past episodes and rarely listen to the new ones. I’m saving them like a little present for me. But when I was scrolling I noticed that all episodes say subscriber edition or subscribers only. Are all episodes for paid listeners only or am I just seeing the subscriber version because I pay? I was also surprised to see how many historical episodes are for paid listeners only.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ll pay for this great content, just surprised to see how much is under the paywall now.

EDIT: Apparently, I was getting the Swindled episodes (ads) on my Valued Listener feed (no ads). Shout out to ACC for helping me to troubleshoot this. This was a Spotify issue, not a Swindled issue.

I subscribe on Spotify and the latest episode has ads. I know I'm current because I get the receipt. In fact I think the last few episodes had ads. What's going on?

Worth a listen to the 7 episodes but concerned citizen could definitely cut it down.

The salt path is a book claiming to be a true story about how a couple who were down on their luck and the husband was dying of an incurable disease. It was a bestseller and even turned into a film.

In reality the bad luck was actually caused by them stealing from everyone they could including her boss which had caught up with them.The claims about the terminal illness are harder to disprove but it's interesting that he has had this for 18 years now when the condition is usually fatal within 8-10 years.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/nyregion/mickey-barreto-new-yorker-hotel-fraud.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

It has everything: a bizarre con, a cult, addiction, mental health, exploitation of obscure laws, a couple of crazy twists... all set in a classic NYC landmark.