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Lehman in the spring of 2008
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Inside Lehman Brothers

Lehman inthe spring of 2008 issued its very first lossesthat they'd ever incurred

Lehman in
the spring of 2008 issued its very first losses
that they'd ever incurred

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Lehman in the spring of 2008
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issued its very first losses that they'd ever incurred.
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00:50:29
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Jun 26, 2025
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Inside Lehman Brothers is the autopsy of a crime by those who tried to prevent it from within. Mortgage brokers from California and a handful of New York executives called out these fraudulent transactions. But nobody listened.
The only way that Lehman could get rid of assets - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:06
The only way that Lehman could get rid of assets
The problem was that the assets they had, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
The problem was that the assets they had,
A repo is a sale with an agreement to buy back later. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
A repo is a sale with an agreement to buy back later.
Repo 105. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
Repo 105.
Repo 105 was a method of hiding how much you borrowed. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
Repo 105 was a method of hiding how much you borrowed.
And what it involved, essentially, was - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:13
And what it involved, essentially, was
Assets were transferred from the United States subsidiary - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:16
Assets were transferred from the United States subsidiary
And at the end of a few days after the quarter, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:09
And at the end of a few days after the quarter,
The whole purpose of this - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:09
The whole purpose of this
And you're allowed to say that - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:09
And you're allowed to say that
And every time they did it, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:11
And every time they did it,
It was illegal to tell the public - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:07
It was illegal to tell the public
That was not a gray area, it was red with bells ringing. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
That was not a gray area, it was red with bells ringing.
When Lehman started raising money in 2008 - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:12
When Lehman started raising money in 2008
And it was, by the time they went bankrupt, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:06
And it was, by the time they went bankrupt,
And whoever invested, they lost everything in eight months. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
And whoever invested, they lost everything in eight months.
The fact that they were raising money through lying, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:06
The fact that they were raising money through lying,
I mentioned that they were hiding all kinds of compensation, okay. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
I mentioned that they were hiding all kinds of compensation,...
Certain stock awards were being hidden - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:07
Certain stock awards were being hidden
And so this meant that, for the CEO, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:09
And so this meant that, for the CEO,