EPISODE · Dec 30, 2025 · 33 MIN
How the US loses $500B to fraud — and how to stop it. Meet The Antifraud Company’s CEO, Sahaj Sharda
from Basis Points · host Basis Capital
In this episode, we sit down with Sahaj Sharda, CEO and co-founder of The Antifraud Company, to explore a bold new model of investigative journalism, designed to expose large-scale government fraud, corporate misconduct and crony capitalism.Sahaj explains how up to $500 billion a year in U.S. federal spending may be lost to fraud and how his company is using whistleblower laws and litigation to fund serious investigations.This wide-ranging conversation covers:Why investigative journalism is structurally broken and how The Antifraud Company wants to fix itCrony capitalism vs. real markets and fair competitionUniversities, credentialism and the “college cartel”Media and the future of accountabilityWhy fraud enforcement can level the playing field for smaller businessesWhether this model could work outside the United StatesThis is a conversation about law, capitalism, media, the incentives that quietly shape modern society and how changing those incentives might actually make things fairer.If you’re interested in investigative journalism, public accountability, law, or the future of capitalism, this episode is for you.Check out The Antifraud Company:https://antifraudcompany.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/antifraud/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahaj-sharda-277a81125/ More on Basis:https://www.buildbasis.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@BasisCapital https://www.linkedin.com/company/basiscapitalltd/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrietsgreen
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