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Oh My Fraud
Hosted by Caleb Newquist · EN
"Oh My Fraud" is a podcast where the true crime is shocking, gruesome, heinous, but with way fewer dead bodies.
Hosted by Caleb Newquist, each episode explores fraud cases from petty swindles to corporate conspiracies, examining the people involved, their motives, methods, and how they spent the loot before it all came to a spectacular, inevitable end.
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LA Fraud Confidential
3w ago01:00:20Tap to summarizeChristopher Derry spent 36 years working for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 17 as a detective in fraud and cyber crime. Over that time, he’s seen a lot and learned a lot about why people commit fraud, how far they’ll go to keep it going, and what they’ll do to avoid being caught.SponsorsC&R Consulting - https://ohmyfraud.promo/cnr Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquistLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
Transcribe →Meet the Equity Funding Insider Who Created Thousands of Fake Insurance Policies
Jul 1501:22:50Tap to summarizeIn his senior year at UCLA, Alan L. Green secured an internship as an actuary with Equity Funding, a fast-growing financial conglomerate. Only a short time later, he was invited to play a small part in a fraud that would eventually be exposed as one of the biggest corporate scandals of the 20th century.SponsorsC&R Consulting - https://ohmyfraud.promo/cnr Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquistLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/Resources Billion Dollar Bubble (1978) [YouTube]I led 66,000 Lives [Rolling Stone]
Transcribe →OneCoin to Fraud Them All
Jul 100:44:03Tap to summarizeDuring the rise of Bitcoin, a would-be rival builds a worldwide following, driven by the charisma of its founder, the self-anointed Cryptoqueen.SponsorsMaxima.AI - https://ohmyfraud.promo/maxima Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquistLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SOURCESRuja Ignatova [Wikipedia]OneCoin [Wikipedia]Frank Schneider (spy) [Wikipedia]Co-Founder Of Multi-Billion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme "OneCoin" Pleads Guilty [U.S. Department of Justice]Former Law Firm Partner Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Laundering $400 Million In Connection With "OneCoin" Fraud Scheme [U.S. Department of Justice]"Head Of Legal And Compliance" For Multibillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme "OneCoin" Sentenced To Four Years In Prison [U.S. Department of Justice]How 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova ended up as the only woman on the FBI's most-wanted list [CNN]FBI adds OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova to list of most-wanted fugitives [The Washington Post]US adds 'Cryptoqueen' to most-wanted list over alleged US$4b fraud [Malay Mail / Reuters]Cryptoqueen: How this Woman Scammed the World, then Vanished [BBC]A cryptocurrency ponzi scheme is finally unraveling [Quartz]Is OneCoin the biggest financial fraud in history? [Fortune]The 'Cryptoqueen' who made FBI's most wanted after $4 billion heist was rumored killed—but evidence leaves more questions than answers [Fortune]The Outrageous Case of OneCoin, the Billion Dollar Scam Sold as a "Bitcoin Killer" [Bitrates]The OneCoin Scam: the Dazzling Story of the Biggest Crypto Ponzi in History [CoinMarketCap]Ruja Ignatova: The Crypto Mogul Scam Artist Who Vanished into Thin Air [CrimeReads]The Missing Cryptoqueen Details the Rise and Fall of Ruja Ignatova's OneCoin Con [Reason]Subpoenaed emails reveal OneCoin was fraudulent from inception [BehindMLM]OneCoin literally a relaunch of the BigCoin Ponzi scheme [BehindMLM]OneCoin investment packages approach a quarter million Euros [BehindMLM]OneCoin debut €118,000 EUR investment package [BehindMLM]OneCoin under regulatory investigation in Germany [BehindMLM]Fourteen OneCoin promoters indicted in Italy [BehindMLM]Konstantin Ignatov receives time served for OneCoin fraud [BehindMLM]OneCoin's Ruja Ignatova indicted in Germany [BehindMLM]OneCoin Research Paper: Islamic Ruling [Islamic Portal]Cryptoqueen's brother is freed after 3 years jail over OneCoin scheme: Report [Cointelegraph]Cryptoqueen's Brother Gets Time Served for Leading OneCoin Scam [Bloomberg]OneCoin co-founder Greenwood gets 20 years in US jail for fraud, money laundering [Investing.com / Cointelegraph]Fugitive 'cryptoqueen' accomplice is jailed for 20 years for $4bn global scam [The Independent / AOL]US boosts reward for info on 'Missing Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova to $5 million [The Record]Missing 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova 'May Be Hiding in Russia' [Decrypt]OneCoin fraudster Ruja Ignatova reportedly hiding in Russia to avoid arrest [Invezz]Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova, OneCoin's $4 Billion Fraud Mastermind, Is Alive And In South Africa, German Police Suspects [Benzinga]
Transcribe →Roll with Trevor’s Changes
Jun 1700:58:41Tap to summarizeA serial entrepreneur sets out to transform the trucking industry.SponsorsMaxima.AI - https://ohmyfraud.promo/maxima Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquistLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SOURCESTrevor Milton [Wikipedia]Nikola Corporation [Wikipedia]Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Availability [DOE]Trevor Milton Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Securities Fraud Scheme [U.S. Department of Justice]Former Nikola Corporation CEO Trevor Milton Charged in Securities Fraud Scheme [U.S. Department of Justice]Trump Pardons Nikola Founder Trevor Milton in Securities Fraud Case [CNBC]Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Fraud [CNBC]Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail for Fraudulent Claims [ABC News]Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Defrauding Investors [CNN]Nikola: How to Parlay An Ocean of Lies Into a Partnership With the Largest Auto OEM in America [Hindenburg Research]Nikola Admits Semi Truck Prototype Rolled Downhill in Promo [Futurism]Prosecutor Calls Nikola Founder a 'Con Man' in Closing Argument [FreightWaves]Prosecution Rests in Nikola Founder Trevor Milton's Fraud Trial [FreightWaves]Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Won't Testify in His Fraud Trial [Transport Topics]Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Stands Trial on Fraud Charges [CNBC]For Trevor Milton's Business Partners, Warning Signs Emerged Years Before Nikola Downfall [CNN]The Rise and Fall of Nikola Founder Trevor Milton [MEL Magazine]Nikola's Trevor Milton Left a Trail of Bitterness on His Way to Founding the Electric-Truck Startup [Yahoo Finance]Nikola's Trevor Milton Has $7.4 Billion Fortune on Free Truck Orders [Transport Topics]The Nikola Scandal Is a Cautionary Tale About Green Tech's Gauzy Promises [The New Republic]For Trevor Milton's business partners, warning signs emerged years before Nikola downfall [CNN Business]Trevor Milton and Nikola Just Another Page in Trucking History [Commercial Carrier Journal]How Much Are You Spending on Fuel Compared to Other Owner-Operators? [ATBS]California Hydrogen Highway [Wikipedia]Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Details Call With Trump Ahead of Pardon [WSJ News via YouTube]Nikola founder says $2 million in political donations to Trump had nothing to do with pardon [12 News via YouTube]
Transcribe →Oh My Fraud at the Movies: The Producers (1967)
Jun 300:49:47Tap to summarizeCaleb and Zach discuss the classic Mel Brooks satire, "The Producers."SponsorsMaxima.AI - https://ohmyfraud.promo/maxima Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquistLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/
Transcribe →For Sale: Famous Landmark. Not Really.
May 2000:42:19Tap to summarizeStories of brash conmen convincing people to buy some of the world’s most recognizable landmarksSponsorsFishbowl - https://ohmyfraud.promo/fishbowl Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBTwitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquistLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/Music: "Offenbach Can Can / Infernal Gallop" provided by Gregor Quendel / Classicals.de Source: https://www.classicals.deSources:Introduction:Chick-fil-A Bilked for $80,000 in Fake Mac-and-Cheese Refunds, Police Say [NYT]Act I: Arthur Furguson [Wikipedia]Brooklyn Bridge [Wikipedia]George C. Parker [Wikipedia]Bird's-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Display of Fire Works on Opening Night [Wikipedia]FAILURE OF J. LLOYD HAIGH.; EMBARRASSED BY HIS WIRE CONTRACT WITH THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TRUSTEES [NYT]J. LLOYD HAIGH ARRESTED; CHARGED WITH FORGERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE. [NYT]For You, Half Price [NYT]Act II: Eiffel Tower [Wikipedia]Victor Lustig [Wikipedia]Victor Lustig [Biography via Wayback Machine]The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower. Twice. [Smithsonian]The Smoothest Con Man That Ever Lived [Smithsonian]The long con of underworld grifter ‘Count’ Victor Lustig [The Mob Museum]
Transcribe →Lou Pearlman: The King of Ponzi Pop
May 600:49:37Tap to summarizeIn the 1990s, a blimp enthusiast with a checkered business record inexplicably dominates pop music by assembling not one but two boy bands.SponsorsFishbowl - https://ohmyfraud.promo/fishbowl Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SOURCES:Lou Pearlman [Wikipedia]Baron Blimp Lou Pearlman, head of Airship International Ltd., is fulfilling adolescent dreams of glory [Sports Illustrated]Lou Pearlman, Boy Band Impresario, Blimp Tycoon, and Bunco Artist, Dead at 62 [Slate]How Lou Pearlman used Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC to lure people into massive Ponzi scheme [ABC News]*NSYNC, O-Town members on learning the truth about Lou Pearlman [ABC News]*NSYNC vs. Backstreet Boys: The True Story Behind Their Epic Boy Band Rivalry [E! Online]Lance Bass on the 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys rivalry: 'The animosity was real' [Yahoo Entertainment]Backstreet Boys Turn 25: Untold Stories [Entertainment Tonight]Lou Pearlman Ran 1 of America's Biggest Ponzi Schemes [A&E]Pop Dreams and Ponzi Schemes [Schneider Downs]The "Con" in Trans Continental: Lou Pearlman [Gavin P. Smith]AS HE RAN, CASE WAS BUILT [Tampa Bay Times]IN JAIL AND ON THE PHONE, LOU PEARLMAN REVERSES THE CHARGES [Tampa Bay Times]Victims who lost millions in Pearlman Ponzi scheme could recover a pittance [WFTV]Backstreet Boys' Lou Pearlman's Prison Interview: My Ponzi Scheme Was Smarter Than Madoff's [The Hollywood Reporter]Lou Pearlman Dead: Remembering the Ponzi Schemer Who Spawned the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync and More [The Hollywood Reporter]Lou Pearlman, disgraced creator of 'NSync and Backstreet Boys, dies [NBC News]Netflix's 'Dirty Pop' exposes Lou Pearlman's deceptive role in 'NSYNC and Backstreet Boys' fame [MSNBC]The True Story of Lou Pearlman in 'Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam' [Netflix Tudum]The True Story Behind Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam [TIME]10 Most Shocking Reveals From Netflix's Dirty Pop [Screen Rant]The Biggest Revelations From Dirty Pop [Den of Geek]Mad About the Boys [Vanity Fair]Inside the rise and fall of the record store chain Tower Records [Clicktrack]Viewpoint: The Backstreet Boys phenomenon [BYU Daily Universe]Remembering Lou Pearlman: The Ponzi Schemer Who Spawned the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC & More [Billboard]The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story [YouTube Originals]The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History — Tyler Gray
Transcribe →Phar-Mor Than Meets the Eye
Apr 2200:55:23Tap to summarizeTo help his down-and-out Ohio hometown, an unassuming entrepreneur builds a fast-growing chain of discount drugstores. SponsorsFishbowl - https://ohmyfraud.promo/fishbowl Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/Sources:Phar-Mor [Wikipedia]Michael I. Monus [Wikipedia]World Basketball League [Wikipedia]Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. [Wikipedia]PricewaterhouseCoopers [Wikipedia]How to Steal $500 Million [PBS Frontline]How to Steal $500 Million — Transcript [PBS Frontline]Mickey's Secret Life [Newsweek]Rockies born of Monus' work, but he never saw his baby grow up [ESPN]Souls of the departed haunt Youngstown [ESPN]How Phar-Mor Came Tumbling Down [Business Journal Daily]Phar-Mor Reorganizes as Monus Goes to Prison [Business Journal Daily]Jury Disagrees on All 126 Counts Against Fired Phar-Mor President [Deseret News]Convicted Drugstore Embezzler Now Accused of Jury Tampering [Deseret News]
Transcribe →In God’s Bank We Trust
Apr 800:43:45Tap to summarizeThe Catholic Church’s financial entanglements draw scrutiny after a banker is found hanging under a bridge.SponsorsWurthy - https://ohmyfraud.promo/wurthy (00:00) - Body Under Blackfriars (00:47) - Welcome to Oh My Fraud (04:43) - Meet Roberto Calvi (07:10) - Vatican Bank Ties (12:14) - Offshore Web And Scrutiny (17:06) - Circular Money And Conviction (21:54) - Flight And Bridge Death (23:59) - Bigger Web Vatican P2 (30:46) - Collapse And Missing Billions (37:06) - Murder Mystery And Trials (39:24) - Lessons And Wrap Up Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SOURCES: Roberto Calvi [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_CalviBanco Ambrosiano [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_AmbrosianoMichele Sindona [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_SindonaPropaganda Due [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_DueLicio Gelli [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licio_GelliScandal at the Pope's Bank [TIME, July 1982] — https://time.com/archive/6856828/scandal-at-the-popes-bank/Italy: The Great Vatican Bank Mystery [TIME, September 1982] — https://time.com/archive/6697494/italy-the-great-vatican-bank-mystery/The Vatican Hiding Behind the Walls [TIME, March 1987] — https://time.com/archive/6708575/the-vatican-hiding-behind-the-walls/Four indicted in '82 death of 'God's banker' [NBC News, 2005] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7546141All acquitted in 'God's banker' murder trial [NBC News, 2007] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna1907539523 years on, five stand trial for death of 'God's banker' [Irish Times, 2005] — https://www.irishtimes.com/news/23-years-on-five-stand-trial-for-death-of-god-s-banker-1.502326Roberto Calvi: Who Killed God's Banker? [OwlCation/The CrimeWire] — https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Who-Killed-Gods-BankerThe mysterious death of 'God's Banker' [Crime+Investigation UK] — https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/roberto-calvis-mysterious-deathRoberto Calvi [Forensic Cold Case Murder Investigation] — https://www.forensic-access.co.uk/cold-cases/roberto-calvi/The Vatican Bank Scandal [Christianity Today, 1982] — https://www.christianitytoday.com/1982/09/vatican-bank-scandal/Vatican Bank mired in laundering scandal [NBC News/AP, 2010] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40628315Liquidators and creditors of the failed Banco Ambrosiano [UPI Archives, 1984] — https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/25/Liquidators-and-creditors-of-the-failed-Banco-Ambrosiano-of/8243454305600/
Transcribe →The Defrauded Famous: Tim Duncan and Stan Lee
Mar 2500:43:00Tap to summarizeTwo more tales of celebrities betrayed by the very people they entrusted to manage their vast fortunes.SponsorsWurthy - https://partners.wurthy.co/UNC - https://ohmyfraud.promo/UNC Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com.CONNECT WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SourcesDuncan gives ex-money man a dressing down [San Antonio Express-News]Feds charge — and sue — Tim Duncan's former financial adviser [MySA]Tim Duncan's ex-financial adviser sentenced to 4 years in wire fraud case [KSAT]Financial adviser who swindled Tim Duncan out of millions gets 4 years in prison [News4SanAntonio]Tim Duncan on losing $20M to financial advisor betrayal [Basketball Network]Charles Banks, Winery Owner and Former Financial Advisor to Tim Duncan, Is Indicted in Federal Court [Wine Spectator]The Curious Case of Charles Augustus Banks IV [NorthBay Biz]Terroir Capital's Charles Banks Likely Out of Wine Business For Good [Wine Enthusiast]United States v. Banks IV (2018) [FindLaw / 5th Circuit]Litigation Release re: Charles A. Banks [SEC.gov]Judge Drops Theft Charges Against Stan Lee's Ex-Manager After Jury Deadlocks [Variety]Stan Lee's Daughter Settles Lawsuit Against Memorabilia Manager [Variety]Stan Lee estate settles suit against ex-business manager [Hollywood Reporter]Marvel Comics Mogul Stan Lee's Former Manager Keya Morgan [NBC News]Stan Lee's Business Partner Keya Morgan Arrested for Alleged Elder Abuse [E! News]Keya Morgan, former business manager for Stan Lee, pleads not guilty to elder abuse [ABC15 Arizona]Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Keya Morgan's Criminal Charges Dismissed [MovieWeb]Stan Lee's Former Business Manager Charged With Elder Abuse [The Forward]What Happened to Stan Lee's Ex-Business Manager Keya Morgan After 2019 Arrest [FandomWire]Stan Lee Abduction, Abuse, Theft of $5,000,000 Assets... [Bleeding Cool]Stan Lee Fast Facts [CNN]Jock tax [Wikipedia]Tim Duncan [Wikipedia]
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