Steve Ballmer's (Other) Aspiration Side Deal

EPISODE 392: "Characteristics of fraud."

Welcome to, yes, Part XI of our Clippers/Aspiration series.

As NBA commissioner Adam Silver calls for his Kawhi Leonard probe to finally wrap up… and Aspiration’s co-founder, Joe Sanberg, gets 14 years (!) behind bars… we investigate how Steve Ballmer covered his tracks on another secret side deal with the carbon-credits company.

A side deal which illuminates the true story of his relationship with Sanberg.

Former DOJ prosecutor Lou Manzo — the man who launched the federal investigation into Sanberg and Aspiration in 2023 — returns to render his own cap-circumvention verdict. Longtime securities lawyer Pierce Han helps us decode potential SEC exposure. And David Samson helps us make sense of the relationship between a billionaire owner, a fraudster, and a sport.

YOUTUBE SPOILER ALERT:

Allegedly,

Pablo

P.S. You can now watch us over on Apple Podcasts (!)