About the Author
Cezary Podkul is an award-winning investigative reporter with over a dozen years of experience producing ambitious, data-driven stories for news outlets including Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, and, most recently, ProPublica. He covered beats ranging from oil markets to rent fraud before turning his attention to cybercrime in 2021 and devoting most of his time since then to investigating pig-butchering scams. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a business degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote for The Daily Pennsylvanian. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, NBC News, and Business Insider, among other outlets. He is based in Hong Kong, and in his spare time he likes to teach his son complicated Polish words.
