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Episode 82: Corporate Cheating - Boeing, VW and Wells Fargo

The Y in History··23 July 2026·25 min

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Boeing hid information regarding the MCAS software from its 737-Max flying manual to short circuit the certification. Boeing's cheating cost 346 lives across 2 plane crashes. Volkswagen had a cheat device software in its diesel cars to circumvent the NOX level requirememts in the US and the EU. Wells Fargo opened millions of bank accounts without customer consent. Is there a pattern across these three cheating scandals?