VICE Asia | The Games That Turned Into One of India's Biggest Scams | The Big Steal @VICEAsia | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
In 2003, India was chosen to host the 19th Commonwealth Games slated for 2010. Inflated contracts and crooked deals ballooned the budget for the Games from around 412 million to an eye-watering estimate of 6 billion dollars.

This is the story of how officials set up a maze of scams at one of the biggest sporting events in the world bringing down India’s reputation on an international stage.


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