Sources Tell Jeff Passan
Sources Tell Jeff Passan
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Inside Dodgers Owner Mark Walter’s Billion-Dollar Insurance Scandal
1 hour Posted Aug 25, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
Welcome to Sources Tell Jeff Passan
Dodgers Owner Mark Walter's Billion-Dollar Insurance Scandal
Tom Gober Joins Sources Tell Jeff Passan
How Mark Walter Used Insurance Companies To Buy The Dodgers
How Cases Are Built With Potential Financial Crimes
The Complicated Web Of Guggenheim's Holdings
When Affiliated Investments Become Problematic
Investment Threshold That Causes The NAIC To Start Asking Questions
How Does Something Like This Happen?
The Game-Changing Dodgers Television Contract
Why Do Mark Walter's Insurance Companies Own The Dodgers TV Contract?
How The Dodgers Went From Bankrupt To Billions
Wall Street's Stance On The Matter
What Is Reinsurance And How Does It Involve The Dodgers?
More Insight Into The Mark Walter-Dodgers Situation
Biggest Concern For Mark Walter’s Lawyer
Profits Go To The Dodgers And Their Owners
Who’s To Blame?
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On this episode of Sources Tell Jeff Passan, Jeff is joined by financial fraud expert and whistleblower Tom Gober for a deep dive into the complicated financial web surrounding Dodgers owner Mark Walter, Guggenheim, and the insurance companies connected to the purchase and operation of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
How were insurance companies used to help finance the purchase of the Dodgers? Why do Mark Walter’s insurance companies own the Dodgers’ television contract? And how did a franchise that emerged from bankruptcy become a multibillion-dollar powerhouse?
Gober breaks down how potential financial-crime cases are built, when affiliated investments begin raising regulatory concerns, the role of the NAIC, and how reinsurance factors into the Dodgers’ financial structure. Plus, the red flag settlement from 2012, where the profits ultimately go, the biggest potential concern for Walter’s lawyers, and who could ultimately be held responsible.
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