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Podcast: True Crime Reporter
Episode: The $30 Billion Secret The Government Doesn’t Want You To Know
Description:
This true crime story is not about a heist pulled off by a notorious bank robber or a cunning scam artist—but an audacious act of bureaucratic theft that spans generations.Â
It’s an audacious act of bureaucratic theft that spans generations.Â
Picture this: over $30 billion in matured U.S. savings bonds, investments made with trust and patriotism, are sitting unclaimed.Â
The rightful heirs, families like mine and maybe even yours, are stonewalled by the very institution that promised to safeguard these assets.Â
The U.S. Treasury, armed with meticulous records of bondh...