The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam

Link to my 2023 Atlantic feature here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

I Filmed a $1 Billion Ponzi Scheme From the Inside | Ep. 1 YouTube video by Fireball

While reporting my @theatlantic.com story on the $1 billion DC Solar ponzi, Steve Beal was wonderfully generous with film he shot as the company's videographer. Last night Steve posted episode 1 of his documentary—"Fireball"— on his time there. Well worth the watch. youtu.be/_vln8usLKBQ

They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy. The childhood friends behind the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in American history

A group of childhood friends pulled off the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in history, Ariel Sabar wrote in January. Then they did something really crazy:

They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy. The childhood friends behind the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in American history

After 3 days of deliberation in the sports-memorabilia heist case, a jury tonight found 3 of the defendants who went to trial guilty: Joseph Atsus, Damien Boland & Nicholas Dombek. The fourth, Al Atsus, was acquitted. Background in my Feb. story @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy. The childhood friends behind the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in American history

The best story you will ever read about the world's greatest sports memorabilia thief and the 10 Yogi Berra World Series rings he melted down for gold. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Headline: They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy. Dek: The childhood friends behind the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in American history Tagline: Ariel Sabar for The Atlantic A logo in the bottom right reads “Longreads Editor’s Pick”

"Berra’s 16 rings and two MVP plaques—valued at $1.5 million intact—had grossed Trotta’s crew just $10,300 after melting."

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They Stole Yogi Berra’s World Series Rings. Then They Did Something Really Crazy. The childhood friends behind the most audacious string of sports-memorabilia heists in American history

The masterful @arielsabar.bsky.social has done it again, finding incredibly rich and fascinating details about a string of incredibly stupid and unprofitable thefts of sports memorabilia for the sake of their precious metal content:
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