The Dreier Fraud: A Lawyer Selling Other People's Notes

Podcast: The Fraud Archive Dialogues · The Archive Network

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

Picture a lawyer who looks every inch the Manhattan dealmaker—tailored suit, practiced smile, office on Park Avenue. Now imagine that behind those glass walls, a seven hundred million dollar fraud is quietly taking shape, one forged signature at a time.Marc Dreier didn’t start out as a criminal. In fact, he built a whole life on being the opposite—an attorney whose public image radiated credibility. But it wasn’t technical skill that set him apart. It was something more delicate: a fluency in how power presents itself. Dreier knew that in New York’s world of law and real e...