Introduction: The Theatre of Belief In the world of deception, the most dangerous lies are the ones we choose to believe. Over the course of my investigative career—rooted in military and diplomatic intelligence, corporate espionage, and hundreds of face-to-face interviews with victims—I’ve studied how carefully constructed illusions topple empires, destroy

Introduction: The Illusion of Success, the Reality of Theft While ordinary people rise early, punch clocks, stretch their pay checks, and teach their children to value hard work, a select few sip champagne at rooftop galas, fund movies with stolen public money, and decorate their deception with glossy words like

Introduction When I was a young man growing up behind the Iron Curtain, truth was a rare currency, and deception was often a tool of survival. But what always amazed me—whether I was interrogating spies, investigating corruption, or peeling back the mask of an informant—was how little the mechanics of

Introduction It goes without saying — I approached this topic from two critical angles, both of which culminate in a single red flag I can no longer ignore. Firstly, it is evident that information holds the highest value in business, surpassing talent, technology, and time. And over the past 15

Introduction Perhaps you are wondering how much perpetrators know about overcoming cybersecurity systems that are supposedly protecting you, me, and everyone else—our bank accounts, personal data, computer integrity, and mobile security. Let me take you back in time. In the 1970s, a criminal had to be physically innovative—picking locks, cutting