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An investigative true crime podcast about cannabis. The Berlin-based company JuicyFields promised huge profits through investments in medicinal cannabis. Thousands of people worldwide trusted the company with their savings – and lost everything. It could be a scam the size of Wirecard or OneCoin. Some say the Russian mafia or South American drug cartels were involved.
- Teile
- 8
- Gesamtlaufzeit
- 4 Std. 23 Min.
- Ø pro Folge
- 33 Min.
- Zeitraum
- Januar 2023 – März 2023
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1
Virtual Weed and Cojones
19. Jan. 2023 · 35 Min.
We introduce you to the business model of JuicyFields - and meet investors who trusted the startup with thousands of euros. With the promise of huge returns and the power of social media, the company created a perfect storm. Even we couldn’t resist and bought our own virtual cannabis plant
2
The Sky’s the Limit
19. Jan. 2023 · 32 Min.
Parties in luxury hotels and airplanes, fancy sports cars and weed. In this episode, we meet key people of JuicyFields - and confront them with our doubts. We also learn about JuicyFields’ origin story, and its possible links to Russian cybercriminals. Plus: We earn money from the sale of our cannabis plant
3
Up in Smoke
26. Jan. 2023 · 29 Min.
We take you back to the crazy days in mid 2022 when JuicyFields stopped working. Days full of panic and anger, when thousands lost their savings, and some feared for their lives. Days full of rumors, confusion, hope and mystery, because what seemed like the end was just the beginning
4
Where is the Weed?
02. Feb. 2023 · 30 Min.
We try to find out if JuicyFields was a purely criminal project, a Ponzi, a scam without a real product. Did the medicinal cannabis really exist? For this, we get in touch with all the cannabis producers JuicyFields claimed to have partnered with. What emerged? The JuicyFields Gap
5
Two Tribes
09. Feb. 2023 · 30 Min.
We are now looking for where all the money went. Hundreds of millions, probably billions. We discover that scamming investors might have not been JuicyFields’ only goal. And we learn of a rift that ran through the company. Inside JuicyFields, there were two tribes at war with each other
6
Juicy Nobility
16. Feb. 2023 · 32 Min.
We take a look at one of the two tribes at war within JuicyFields. We travel to areas that smell of money, visit a castle, and are blinded by the allure of status and old money. We even considered taking an etiquette class. But as always with JuicyFields, all is not what it seemed to be
7
Matryoshka Dolls
23. Feb. 2023 · 35 Min.
We now look at the other tribe within JuicyFields. Is it really a group of Russian criminals that controls the company and its website? Whoever they are – they are listening to Cannabis Cowboys. And they got in touch with us
8
Potemkin Villages
02. März 2023 · 42 Min.
It's time to finally meet the man who's willing to lift the veil on the JuicyFields mystery. We meet in Helsinki, close to the Russian border. And what he tells us blows our minds. This is our final installment - for now. The JuicyFields story is far from over
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