Natalie Obiko Pearson

Senior Reporter/Investigations

Natalie Obiko Pearson is a senior investigative reporter for Bloomberg News. She was a 2024 Pulitzer Prize co-finalist and has reported from more than 20 countries over the last two decades.

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Crypto Scammers Rip Off Billions As Pump-and-Dump Schemes Go Digital

India’s Digital Revolution Has A Hidden Cost: $290 Million

Digital arrest scams in India set a record in 2024.

December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025

India’s Digital Revolution Has A Hidden Cost: $290 Million

Digital arrest scams in India set a record in 2024.

Crypto Scammers Rip Off Billions As Pump-and-Dump Schemes Go Digital

December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025

A $9.99 Scam Put a Billion People At Risk in India’s Hyper-Digital Economy

The country’s digital revolution has created a criminal dystopia. Businessweek investigates the trail from victims to scammers.

A $9.99 Scam Put a Billion People At Risk in India’s Hyper-Digital Economy

December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025

‘India’s Digital Dream, Hacked’: How We Reported the Story

Using police diaries, mobile-phone records, WhatsApp messages and thousands of banking transactions, we were able to reconstruct—sometimes down to the minute—how “digital arrest” victims were targeted and scammed.

‘India’s Digital Dream, Hacked’: How We Reported the Story

December 4, 2025

December 4, 2025

Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel

No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.

Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel

December 12, 2024

December 12, 2024

The Global Fertility Trade: A Story of Extraction, Exploitation and Opportunity

Following human eggs as they’re exchanged across open, gray and black markets — reaping rewards for an extremely high price.

The Global Fertility Trade: A Story of Extraction, Exploitation and Opportunity

December 12, 2024

December 12, 2024

‘The Egg’: How We Reported Our Story on the Global Fertility Industry

More than a dozen journalists reported in person on five continents and in 11 countries to tell this story.

‘The Egg’: How We Reported Our Story on the Global Fertility Industry

August 24, 2023

August 24, 2023

NRA-Style Politics Transformed Canada’s Gun Culture — and Shootings Rose 869%

A third of guns used in Canadian crimes and then traced by authorities were legally imported from the US. That’s three times the global average.

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July 29, 2023

July 29, 2023

Canada Set to Intervene in Dockworker Dispute to Keep Ports Open

Vancouver Port Strike Negotiations Pause As Vessels Pile Up

July 29, 2023

July 29, 2023

Canada Dockworkers Renew Strike Threat With Rejection of Contract

Vancouver Port Strike Negotiations Pause As Vessels Pile Up

May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023

Return of Fires in Canada’s Gas Region Prompts New Outages

CANADA-FIRE

May 12, 2023

May 12, 2023

Fires Rage in Canada’s Oil Heartland Amid Weekend Heat Wave

TOPSHOT-CANADA-FIRE

April 26, 2023

April 26, 2023

Teck Shareholders Approve Wind Down of Dual-Class Shares

February 11, 2023

February 11, 2023

Object Shot Down Over Canada in Escalating Aerial Drama

SKOREA-MILITARY-DEFENCE

February 11, 2023

February 11, 2023

Toronto Mayor Resigns After Relationship With Staffer

Key Speakers At The International Economic Forum Of The Americas Toronto Global Forum

November 2, 2022

November 2, 2022

Fast-Fashion Waste Is Choking Developing Countries With Mountains of Trash

Less than 1% of used clothing gets recycled into new garments, overwhelming countries like Ghana with discards.

Fast-Fashion Waste Is Choking Developing Countries With Mountains of Trash

July 16, 2022

July 16, 2022

Canada Tells Putin’s Technocrats They’re Liable for War Crimes

TOPSHOT-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR

June 28, 2022

June 28, 2022

British Columbia Premier Plans to Step Down After Cancer Battle

Premier Of Saskatchewan Scott Moe Chairs Meeting Of Canada's Premiers

June 25, 2022

June 25, 2022

With Roe Overturned, Canada Could Become an Abortion Destination

Canadian Trucker Blockade At The Ambassador Bridge On U.S. Canadian Border Creates Gridlock

June 16, 2022

June 16, 2022

Dirty Money Didn’t Cause Vancouver’s Housing Crisis, Probe Finds

Once Safer Than Gold, Canadian Real Estate Braces For Reckoning

March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022

Elite International Schools Have a Racism Problem

Around the world, finishing schools for the Davos class teach excellence—as long as the excellence is White, Western, and English-speaking.

Elite International Schools Have a Racism Problem