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The Cipriani Five: Suicide or Murder?

Episode Summary

Property tycoon Scot Young had a £700 million fortune, partied with supermodels...and plunged from his fourth-floor flat onto iron spikes. Did a messy divorce and bad business decisions cause him to take his own life, or was he murdered by the Russian mafia? Follow the money trail that leads around the world and links to a mysterious UK suicide cluster, political assassinations, and the Panama Papers.

Episode Notes

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'People could be charged': Social media rumors about Moscow case leading to doxxing, harassment | The Spokesman-Review

From Russia with Blood: The Kremlin's Ruthless Assassination Program and Vladimir Putin's Secret War on the West

Boris Berezovsky: An Oligarch Dies | The New Yorker

New probe into death of Scottish property tycoon amid fears hitmen threw him out window - Daily Record

Property tycoon dies in fall under Tube in haunting echo of royal polo friend’s suicide | London Evening Standard

Millionaire Scot Young found dead impaled on railings was 'go-to fixer for Russian mob' | The US Sun

Michelle Young: 'I’m not a victim. I want to come across as powerful’ | London Evening Standard

Jailed property man hid his assets in offshore network during divorce | Tax avoidance | The Guardian

Alexander Litvinenko: Profile of murdered Russian spy - BBC News

Jailed Property Man Hid Assets Offshore During Divorce - ICIJ

Murder of a Former K.G.B. Agent | The New Yorker

Scot Young's daughter opens up about his fatal balcony fall saying he was MURDERED by Russian mafia | Daily Mail Online