ENCORE: Jho Low: How to Buy Friends and Influence People | 216
Scamfluencers
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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We’ll be back soon with new episodes. In the meantime, enjoy this episode about Jho Low, the fraudster who charmed Hollywood’s elite while allegedly stealing over $4 billion from one of Malaysia’s sovereign wealth funds.
Jho Low, a Malaysian-born businessman, will do anything to climb the social ladder. After attending Wharton business school, he establishes himself as a globe-trotting playboy with a celebrity entourage. He uses his money to get near Leonardo DiCaprio, Miranda Kerr, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Kim Kardashian. But the source of Jho Low’s seemingly endless cash is a mystery…. Until one of his former associates decides to blow the whistle.
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| 0:08.7 | We'll be back soon with all new episodes of scamflincers, but today we're revisiting one of the wildest heists in modern history. |
| 0:15.9 | The story of Jolo, the Malaysian financier who allegedly stole $4.5 billion from his country's sovereign |
| 0:23.4 | wealth fund and blew it on parties, Picasso's, and Hollywood movies. |
| 0:28.3 | When we first covered Joe a few years ago, he was already a fugitive wanted by Interpol, |
| 0:33.1 | hiding somewhere overseas while governments around the world try to claw back the stolen funds. |
| 0:38.1 | Well, he is still a fugitive, but now he wants clemency. |
| 0:42.8 | According to the Wall Street Journal, Jolo has formally asked President Trump for a pardon. |
| 0:47.8 | A DOJ website lists a pending request for a pardon after completion of sentence filed under |
| 0:53.5 | Joe's legal name. If granted, it would wipe out |
| 0:56.5 | all U.S. criminal charges against him, even though he's never stood trial or served a single day |
| 1:02.9 | in prison. You know what? He's going to be okay. Something tells me he's going to be just fine. |
| 1:09.3 | Well, in his pardon request, Joe reportedly told |
| 1:12.0 | U.S. authorities that he can help make deals happen. He even tried to take credit for a recent |
| 1:16.7 | prisoner transfer between Malaysia and the U.S., even though Malaysian officials say Joe wasn't |
| 1:21.9 | involved. The White House said that the request isn't on their radar, but Trump has already |
| 1:26.9 | pardoned other white-collar |
| 1:28.2 | criminals this term, so nothing's off the table. If anyone can get pardoned, it will be Jolo. He's |
| 1:34.9 | very powerful. Well, meanwhile, Malaysian officials said that their investigation is still ongoing |
| 1:40.4 | and that Joe should not be pardoned. So with this brazen new chapter in mind, |
| 1:45.1 | we're revisiting the story of Jolo, the billion-dollar whale who stole a fortune, vanished, and is now |
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