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The 2008 crash is still a big open book
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Inside Lehman Brothers

The 2008 crash isstill a big open book that people don't focus on

The 2008 crash is
still a big open book that people don't focus on

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The 2008 crash is still a big open book
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that people don't focus on.
Duration
6 seconds
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77
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:43
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

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.
I focus on it all the time - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:06
I focus on it all the time
It's an email I get called "Compliance Exchange", - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:12
It's an email I get called "Compliance Exchange&qu...
It says, "Barclays information security chief - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:10
It says, "Barclays information security chief
Barclays bought some of the Lehman Brothers business - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:07
Barclays bought some of the Lehman Brothers business
And you have to dream up legal ways - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:15
And you have to dream up legal ways
But if there's no law, it's not illegal, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
But if there's no law, it's not illegal,
We were pushing hard on legal questions - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:10
We were pushing hard on legal questions
But we would find a way to tell ourselves it was legal. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
But we would find a way to tell ourselves it was legal.
But as time went on, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:08
But as time went on,
One of my bosses just told me, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
One of my bosses just told me,
Stop being a boy scout. Stop thinking they want to save the world - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:07
Stop being a boy scout. Stop thinking they want to save the ...
Management would give us this thing to hang from the wall - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:10
Management would give us this thing to hang from the wall
So it would start at like two billion in volume, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
So it would start at like two billion in volume,
Slowly but surely the loan officers - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:05
Slowly but surely the loan officers
There's loan files over here, and loan files over there, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:08
There's loan files over here, and loan files over there...
The volume picked up - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:09
The volume picked up
I always consider myself like an FBI agent - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:15
I always consider myself like an FBI agent
I also verify that it is legitimate - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:12
I also verify that it is legitimate
And I look to see if it's a different typeset of printing, - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:08
And I look to see if it's a different typeset of printi...
I can tell it now like I could tell it then. - Inside Lehman Brothers 00:04
I can tell it now like I could tell it then.