Ex-Goldman Banker Says Obviously Fake Ozy Call Left Mind ‘Blown’

A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker testified her mind was “blown” when she realized the person she was talking to on a 2021 phone call arranged by Ozy Media Inc.Chief Executive Officer Carlos Watson was using a voice-altering device. That deceit led Goldman to cancel a planned $35 million investment.

“I instantly heard a voice that did not sound like a human voice,” the banker, Allison Berardo, testified Thursday at Watson’s fraud trial in Brooklyn, New York. “The person was obviously using a voice-modifying device. I’d never heard a voice like that in my life and it ...