Eike Batista: Brazillionaire Boys Club | 144

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In the early 2000s, Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista was seen as the ultimate mining mogul: he was a speedboat-racing showman and a playboy who liked to show off his wealth. To expand his empire, Eike spun a web of bribes and fraud with high-ranking government officials. So when he was finally brought down, it created one of the biggest corruption scandals Brazil has ever seen.

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0:00.0	Hey, Scam Fluencers fans, Sarah here.
0:02.8	If you love the drama, deception, and mind-blowing reveals, Wondery Plus is your VIP ticket to more.
0:09.2	Add free episodes, early access to the juiciest scandals, and deep dives you won't find anywhere else.
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0:30.5	Sachi, sometimes when we're learning about scams, I cannot believe how big the world is.
0:34.9	It's like every country has its own way of doing things. You're not really sure what counts as a scam, but it's always juicy. I know.
0:37.7	I feel like different countries have different ways of scamming.
0:40.9	And I feel like we hear from people all over the world about how their country does a scam.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:47.2	One country, I feel, always brings a heat when it comes to scams, is the beautiful nation of Brazil.
0:54.0	And that's not me knocking Brazil.
0:56.4	I just think so much stuff happens there in general that we can have our own Brazil
1:00.9	spin-off.
1:02.2	Yeah, there are a lot of Brazilian scammers.
1:04.4	There's something really interesting happening in the water there.
1:07.6	Well, today's scammer was one of the most well-known figures in Brazil. Like many of our faves,
1:13.3	he's a nepo baby with daddy issues who wants to solve his emotional life by getting rich. And when he
1:18.7	finally gets taken down, it's part of the biggest corruption scandal to ever hit Brazil.
1:27.9	It's November 2009.
1:30.4	Brazilian billionaire Ike Batista is hosting an extravagant dinner at his huge estate,
1:35.8	located about three hours southwest of Rio de Janeiro.
1:39.5	The property has a giant mansion with a large balcony overlooking the ocean,
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