Dark Capital · DC-009
He Stole The Money. He Bought The Bank. He Used The Bank To Steal More. One Question Ended It.
One question in December 1997 about a line item of $242 million in a Cayman Islands account ended four years of fraud and led to the collapse of Banco Meridiano. This question uncovered a scheme orchestrated by Emmanuel Adewale that involved impersonation and theft on a massive scale.
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