ABC reporter Mahmood Fazal asked for thousands, did not tell broadcaster about co-hosting podcast, Victorian underworld figure Ryan Naumenko alleges

The ABC is investigating a former outlaw bikie boss turned Four Corners reporter after he launched an unauthorised podcast series on underworld crime alongside a self-styled “media cowboy”, which ended in a spectacular blow-up after just one episode.

In September, Mahmood Fazal, an ABC investigative reporter and former sergeant-at-arms of outlaw bikie gang The Mongols launched a new podcast, Word on the Street , with Ryan Naumenko, a “rogue” reporter and controversial figure in Victoria.

A screenshot of the now-deleted video by Ryan Naumenko in which he talks about his falling out with ABC reporter and former podcast co-host Mahmood Fazal. Credit: YouTube

The podcast was the brainchild of Naumenko, who says he once associated with “the mafia, scammers, conmen and drug dealers” b