Storyville · SEASON 19
1.7 Billion Dollar Fraud: Full Exposure
Episode 9 · 2015-03-02
- Documentary
Episode overview
In October 2011, Olympus Corporation, a multibillion dollar Japanese optical company, dismissed its president and CEO, British-born Michael Woodford, over cultural differences in management style. Japanese media dutifully reported the dismissal with minimum coverage, another foreign CEO failing to adapt to the Japanese way. But international media reported a brewing scandal where Japanese board members of the company unanimously voted to dismiss Woodford for blowing the whistle on a 1.7 billion dollar fraud that the 93-year-old Japanese company had kept secret for more than two decades. Film-maker Hyoe Yamamoto unravels the events that led to one of the most mystifying corporate scandals in the world.
85 minutes
Season 19 episodes
1. The Arabian Motorcycle Adventures2015-01-26
2. The Internet's Own Boy2015-02-02
3. Mugabe and the Democrats2015-02-09
4. Bulldozers, Paving Stones and Power: The Chinese Mayor2015-02-10
5. Love Hotel2015-02-16
6. The Great Sex Addict Heist: The Dog2015-02-18
7. Love Is All: 100 Years of Love and Courtship2015-02-22
8. The Great European Disaster Movie2015-03-01
9. 1.7 Billion Dollar Fraud: Full Exposure2015-03-02
10. India's Daughter2015-03-04
11. Rocking Cambodia: Rise of a Pop Diva2015-03-09
12. The Lost Gold of the Highlands2015-03-17
13. Masterspy of Moscow: George Blake2015-03-23
14. My Mother the Secret Baby2015-03-30
15. Himmler: The Decent One2015-04-27
16. Last Days of Vietnam2015-07-13
17. Circus Elephant Rampage2015-07-22
18. Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise2015-08-09
19. A Syrian Love Story2015-09-28
20. Lockerbie: My Brother's Bomber2015-11-02
21. Dreamcatcher: Surviving Chicago's Streets2015-11-09
22. Orion: The Man Who Would Be King2015-11-16
23. Cartel Land2015-11-23
24. FBI Undercover2015-11-30
25. The Six-Day War: Censored Voices2015-12-07
