it may be that no one knows more about this than american-born businessman bill browder. y, vengeance and death worthy of a russian novel. he's a thorn in the side of vladimir putin, and he has torn a rift between moscow and washington. when you hear what he has to say about russia, you'll know why russia thinks of bill browder as an enemy of the state. >> bill browder: the russian regime is a criminal regime. we're dealing with a nuclear country run by a bunch of mafia crooks. and we have to know that. >> pelley: bill browder wanted us to know he's dedicated his life and his wealth to putting certain russian officials in prison. in russia, there's a warrant out for browder's arrest, but that is not what worries him. you think your life's in danger? >> browder: my life is definitely in danger. >> pelley: why do you say that? >> browder: we've gotten numerous death threats by text, by email. >> pelley: what do the texts say? >> browder: things like, "what's worse, prison or death?" >> pelley: those weren't the two options browder imagined he would face back in 1996 when he

it kind of destroys the credibility of any allegations they make. >> pelley: bill browder has turned o his own group of investigators, who have followed the money from the theft. >> browder: this tells you who's in the organized crime group. >> pelley: the results of the investigation are on his web site. his evidence includes titles for $81,000 cars owned by police officers, and deeds for three vacation homes and a mansion owned by a midlevel tax service bureaucrat. and the estimated value of that house is what? >> browder: $20 million. >> pelley: $20 million? >> browder: $20 million. and just to remind you, these are people on a joint family income on $38,000 a year. i can even show you their tax return. >> pelley: where do you get all this stuff? how is it that you have their tax return? >> browder: in this particular case, we were approached by a russian whistleblower, a guy who decided that, you know, murder was beyond what he was comfortable being involved with. >> pelley: what's happened to these people now that you've exposed them? >> browder: a number of them received state h

. >> pelley: that's a serious charge, but bill browder says he has the facts to back it up.wder is an american-born businessman who made a fortune in moscow after the fall of communism. but he claims his business was crushed by russian corruption, and that his lawyer was murdered in a cover-up. his fight to expose it all has torn a rift in relations between moscow and washington. you think your life's in danger? >> my life is definitely in danger. >> martin: the f-35 joint strike fighter is the pentagon's newest warplane and its most expensive weapons system ever.

. >> pelley: that's a serious charge, but bill browder says he has the facts to back it up.merican-born businessman who made a fortune in moscow after the fall of communism. but he claims his business was crushed by russian corruption, and that his lawyer was murdered in a cover-up. his fight to expose it all has torn a rift in relations between moscow and washington. you think your life's in danger? >> my life is definitely in danger. >> martin: the f-35 joint strike fighter is the pentagon's newest warplane and its most expensive weapons system ever. it is supposed to replace virtually every other jet fighter in the united states military. >> this is a fighter that has amazing capabilities in a lot of ways. >> martin: the f-35 is a supersonic computer, the most complex fighter jet ever built. it's also seven years behind schedule and $163 billion over budget. >> stahl: cate blanchett is a favorite to win the academy award for best actress for her role in "blue jasmine," about a park avenue socialite married to a con man. >> you know, someday, when you come into great wealt