Follow the Lies: Fraud & Deceit Uncovered

How did one family help ignite America’s deadliest public health crisis? In this powerful episode, former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows exposes how Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family turned OxyContin into a blockbuster drug — while knowingly fueling widespread addiction and devastation across the country. From deceptive marketing that downplayed addiction risks, aggressive sales tactics, and b...

How did Lance Armstrong beat the tests for years while winning seven Tour de France titles? The answer wasn’t just one man — it was a sophisticated doping machine that fooled the entire world… until it didn’t. In this explosive episode of Follow the Lies , former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows pulls back the curtain on one of the greatest lies in sports history. From Armstrong’s miraculous cancer...

In 2001, Enron was named America’s Most Innovative company for the sixth year in a row. Then, in one day, it collapsed in the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history. $63 billion vanished. Thousands of employees lost their life savings while executives cashed out hundreds of millions. Former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows breaks down the sophisticated accounting tricks, hidden debt, fake pro...

In the excess-filled 1980s, Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken became two of the most powerful men on Wall Street. One was the self-proclaimed “King of Arbitrage.” The other was the “Junk Bond King.” Together, they built a massive empire based on stolen insider information, secret payoffs, and hundreds of millions in illegal profits. In this episode, former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows takes you in...

Former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows exposes the shocking true story of NBA referee Tim Donaghy — the man who secretly bet on and rigged games he officiated for organized crime. From the explosive 2007 scandal that rocked the league to the massive 2026 international point-shaving ring involving NCAA players, Kevin reveals how game-fixing never disappeared — it evolved with sports betting and NIL...

Episode Overview In this episode, former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows takes you inside one of the most audacious corporate frauds in modern history- the rise and fall of Theranos. From a Stanford dropout’s garage to a $9 billion valuation, Elizabeth Holmes promised a revolutionary blood-testing machine that could run hundreds of tests from a single drop. What followed was a masterclass in how c...

Episode Overview In this episode, former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows takes you inside the largest Ponzi scheme in history, the Bernard Madoff $65 billion fraud. From the promise of steady double-digit returns to the devastating 2008 collapse, Kevin reveals how one man built a house of lies that fooled investors, regulators, and Wall Street for decades. Drawing on his own work supporting the co...

Episode Overview In 2025, a single Indiana dealer allegedly flooded the sports memorabilia market with millions of counterfeit autographed items—forged signatures, fake holograms, bogus provenance—raking in hundreds of millions while shattering trust in the billion-dollar industry. Former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows takes you inside the Brett Lemieux / Mister Mancave scandal: how the scheme sc...

Episode Overview In the early 2000s, a single help-desk worker at a credit-reporting company quietly handed over thousands of confidential access codes, enabling one of the largest identity-theft rings in U.S. history. Over 33,000 identities were stolen, triggering hundreds of millions in fraudulent losses. Former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows, who led the investigation, takes you inside the cas...

I’m Kevin Barrows, former FBI Special Agent and case agent on two of the largest white-collar investigations in U.S. history.  I’ve been in the room where the lies were built, where the evidence was uncovered, and where the truth finally broke through. I also co-hosted the Smithsonian Channel docuseries Sports Detectives , exposing forgery and tracking down missing pieces of sports history. In Fol...

Former FBI Special Agent Kevin Barrows takes you inside real fraud cases that changed lives and markets. Episode 1 dives into Operation Uptick: the mob's infiltration of Wall Street, rigged stocks, and the massive 120-arrest takedown.   Hear the insider stories, investigative breakthroughs, and Lie Detector Tips to spot deception in your own life.   Full Episode 1 drops soon. Subscribe now so you...