The DoorDash Delivery Scandal That Rocked the Internet
TikTok, Reddit, and X are abuzz over the alleged sexual assault of a female delivery driver
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Un-Maintenance
Steve McQueen’s granddaughter is suing for ownership of a $68 million Jackson Pollock painting, which the actor allegedly swapped for a motorcycle that never appeared
To Catch a Catfish
A former police officer turned private investigator is hunting down romance scammers preying on wealthy, lonely seniors in Australia
She Faked Her Way into Yale. Then Things Unraveled
How fabricated transcripts, recommendation letters, and a personal statement about North Dakota fooled the Ivy into admitting a Chinese student from the Bay Area
France’s A-Team
Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyers reveal how they came to represent the victim in the rape trial that shocked the country
Man on the Run
Two years after the model Abby Choi was brutally dismembered, troubling new details have emerged about her ex-husband’s criminal past—and how he was able to evade arrest
The 40-Year Con: Part III
Once Spiro Pavlovich became Nicholas Rockefeller, he never dropped the charade, even in private. But beneath the “wonderful man,” as he was described by a Yale Law School classmate, lurked a dark, abusive Mr. Hyde
Famiglia Feud
Gianni Agnelli’s grandson John Elkann turned a failing family business into a $40 billion global empire. Now he’s doing community service to avoid a legal dispute with his own mother
The Gall of Inigo Philbrick
From London to Miami, the art dealer tricked the ultra-rich out of millions. A new documentary traces the unprecedented scale of his fraud—and the delusions that fueled him
The Fall of Fashion’s First Couple
The dramatic falling-out between Natalie Massenet, the founder of Net-a-Porter, and her partner, Erik Torstensson, includes allegations of drug dealers, escorts, exorbitant spending, and herpes medication
The Doctor Will Sue You Now
Dr. Douglas Schottenstein manages pain for a living, but even he wasn’t equipped to allegedly be defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars by his own employees
Grab ‘Em by the Pants!
Sydney Sweeney is a master of self-promotion—but is allying herself with the Republican Party a social-media storm too far?
The Italian Job
How a Roman forgery network faked “impossible to replicate” artworks by Picasso, Edvard Munch, and Paul Klee using … coffee and tea
The Davos Man Who Fell to Earth
What could have prompted the resignation of the alleged funds-misusing, data-rigging, employee-harassing founder of the World Economic Forum?
How to Steal $40 Million Without Really Trying: Part II
Biscuits, Bollywood, and lots of bullion … Inside the hunt for the Toronto gold robbers
Rage and Ravioli on Lake Garda
Italy’s Rana family, of the global pasta empire, is rumored to be in hot water with locals over renovations to a historic estate on Lake Garda better suited to Las Vegas than to Como’s quainter cousin
The Coldplay Kiss-Cam Faux Pas
How is Andy Byron, the now infamous (and now former) C.E.O. of Astronomer, ever going to rebuild his reputation? Perhaps by using the Bill Clinton playbook
Fakes, Nazis, and Fake Nazis
When the art dealer Ezra Chowaiki was offered the deal of a lifetime, he found himself in a confounding world of counterfeits
Where Is Her Body?
When Rich Cohen released his book on the murder of Jennifer Dulos, he was inundated with theories on her last resting place. The craziest theory of all just might be true
The Road Less Fact-Checked
After triumphing over adversity and disease, Raynor Winn wrote a memoir, The Salt Path, that became a sensation in England. A new report reveals that her story isn’t quite so straightforward
Jho’s Low Blow
How a Malaysian businessman laundered billions, financed The Wolf of Wall Street, looted his country’s state fund, and walked away unscathed—unlike his partners in crime
Was My Friend a Fraud?
Matthew Pietras worked for the Soros family, donated millions to museums, and produced a fistful of Broadway shows. So why did it all feel make-believe?
Bosom Buddies
Michelle Mone, the scandal-plagued lingerie hawker known as “Baroness Bra,” has become a pariah in her native United Kingdom. Now she’s trying to start fresh in—where else?—Florida
Lord of the Lies
Inspired by his love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson, a São Paulo judge posed as a member of the British aristocracy for decades