Making Money Disappear

Cheat!

Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When $242 million dollars went missing from a bank in Dubai and the bank manager swore that something supernatural was going on, journalist Brigitte Scheffer was intrigued. She followed the story in disbelief as the bank manager pointed the blame at one man, Foutanga Sissoko. Sissoko had a reputation for splashing millions of dollars like it was nothing - he would buy cars as gifts and on Thursdays he would drive around giving money to the homeless. But now he was at the centre of a major fraud investigation… and he was nowhere to be found. Go to cheatpodcast.com to fill out our listener survey and tell us what you want to hear on the show! A Somethin’ Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's August 1995.
0:10.2	Futanga Babani Sisoko walks into a bank in Dubai to get a car loan.
0:15.4	He has a meeting with Muhammad Ayyue, one of the bank managers there.
0:20.2	Sisoko was a friendly customer, you know, the kind of guy who has long conversations with
0:24.6	strangers because of his charm and good nature.
0:28.4	And that's what happens here.
0:30.2	It might seem a bit crazy, but after only one meeting, Sisoko invites Ayyue to dinner.
0:37.7	When he arrives at the house, Ayyue is confronted by a man so storming out of a dark and
0:43.4	droop, collecting his head.
0:46.4	The man sees Ayyue and starts shouting, be careful, don't anger the gens do as they say.
0:53.8	In English, we might use the word genie, but gen are ancient entities in Islam.
0:59.9	They deserve respect, they are very intelligent, and if you go into a deal with a gen, you
1:07.2	have to be careful because they are smarter than you are.
1:10.4	So this guy is shouting and he just runs out of the house.
1:14.1	Naturally, Ayyue is terrified, but Sisoko reassures his new friend that there's nothing to worry
1:20.3	about.
1:21.3	He explains to him that they're going to place money in this magic room where the
1:27.0	gens live.
1:28.6	They place a bag of money in the room.
1:31.6	There's smoke, there's lights, there's haunting voices, flashbang, children.
1:41.2	What in the hell is going on?
1:45.0	There's all this commotion.
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