Exposing fraudsters stealing people's life savings | Marketplace | Full episode

Canadians are losing life savings to investment schemes that begin in overseas fraud factories. Victims are urged to sign up by fake ads on social media that use AI to generate convincing news reports and celebrity endorsements. The scammers pose as financial advisors, confident in their ability to evade arrest as they rake in tens of thousands of dollars a month. An unprecedented leak from inside one fraud factory exposes details of the deceit using the scammers’ own files, phone calls and screen recordings. Marketplace, Enquête and a global team of journalists join forces to unmask the criminals and track down their victims. #Marketplace #scam 00:00 - Intro 05:21 - How the scam works 10:05 - Going to Tbilisi, Georgia 16:37 - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree responds »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: https://www.cbc.ca/news Follow CBC News on TikTok:   / cbcnews   Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians. THE FRAUD FACTORY producer/director GREG SADLER PAUL ÉMILE D’ENTREMONT reporter FRÉDÉRIC ZALAC editors SIMON PARUBCHAK BENNY KOSHY camera NORMAN ARNOLD JOHN LESAVAGE DAVID MacINTOSH GEORGES GIANNELIS JEAN-PIERRE GANDIN JÉRÔME LAFON MICHEL PICARD NICOLAS CHENTRIER MICHEL RIVERIN STEVE ROMPRÉ LUC SIMARD ANTONIN STURLESE additional footage AFPTV Facebook Instagram OCCRP Parliament of Australia website Reuters Shutterstock/Kinohustle Studio Monitori SVT YouTube ZDF special thanks JOACHIM DYVERMARK (SVT) ANTONIO BAQUERO (OCCRP) JEFF YATES LOUIS-CHARLES DIONNE art director DAVID ABRAHAMS social media producers CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI BRITT PURDY colour correction KYLE J. SMITH sound mix DANY TREMBLAY resource coordinator MARC CORMIER news rollout DEXTER McMILLAN packaging editor BENNY KOSHY packaging producer MARY-ANN VENDITTI senior producer RAJ AHLUWALIA executive producer NELISHA VELLANI first broadcast OCTOBER 10, 2025