Fraudsters

You've heard of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Rudy Giuliani, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Rupert Murdoch, and Trump but have you heard of Steven Hoffenberg? This man was involved in so much insidious shit his defense of himself was insisting that he was just running a ponzi scheme! All that and more on today's episode. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad...

Happy Valentines Day! Today we're talking RoMaNcE fRaUd 😍 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This is our last installment of our Race Hustlers series. If you haven't heard of the Freedman's Bank, you need to listen to this episode. Special thanks to Mehrsa Baradaran for writing The Color of Money. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an...

We all remember the day Rachel Dolezal broke the internet in 2015, but at this point is it even surprising when we hear about a white lady pretending to be Black or Puerto Rican or Spanish? What drives a person to lie about something as fundamental as their racial or cultural identity? Today we're dissecting the appropriations and the non-apologies from Dolezal to Hilary "I vacationed once in Spai...

Last week we looked at the claims and credentials of Dr. Umar Johnson–the Prince of Pan-Afrikanism, Frederick Douglass' great grand cousin, and blood relative of Ramses the II (according to a spiritual medium), etcetera, etcetera. Today we reflect on his influence and impact. Thanks to Mojak Lehoko for his thoughts for this episode. Huge thanks to Ebony Chappel–@ebonythewriter on social–for such a...

Part II of Race Hustlers features a new huckster: Dr. Umar Johnson – the self proclaimed Prince of Pan-Afrikanism and "most influential Black scholar in the world." While not yet convicted by a court of law, citizen journalists and Black media outlets have been speculating on and interrogating this man for years about his beliefs, his credentials, and the school that Dr. Umar has been fundraising...

You know David Duke the racist, but do you know David Duke the con artist? What's that? You don't want to know David Duke at all? This is Part I of our newest mini-series, Race Hustlers , on con artists who leverage race as a part of their scams. Special thanks to Marilyn Mayo of the Anti Defamation League for sharing her wisdom with us for this episode. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen t...

Ever wondered what a real movie set is like? How about a movie set with mobsters, Star Wars, and a con-man at the helm? Tune in for the third installment of our mini-series on Barry Minkow and a behind the scenes look at possibly the worst movie ever made. Special thanks to Jonathan Meyer–script doctor and screenwriter–for his insider insights and hilarious anecdotes. Check out his awesome new rad...

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Episode 17 kicks off our mini-series on possibly our worst fraudster yet - Barry Minkow. Part I is devoted to his youth and only his youth. Barry as a teen committed more fraud than most could in a lifetime–from securities fraud to check kiting to credit card fraud to carpet cleaning cons–all while in the company of nazis and mobsters. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of F...

On the final episode of our series on Kevin Trudeau, we delve into one of his most recent and most outrageous scam – a multi-level marketing company called the Global Information Network. It promised trade secrets of the illuminati, ferraris, and inner peace all for the low, low price of many thousands of dollars, recruiting your friends and family, and giving up things you love in order to become...

In Part II of our series on the notorious infomercial scammer Kevin Trudeau we cover how to lose 300 pounds in 30 minutes, go to prison sleep-away camp, and get a presidential pardon! Special thanks to Howard Beales, Former Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the FTC, for a wonderful conversation. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free.  S...

In Part I of our series on the notorious infomercial scammer Kevin Trudeau we cover how to give yourself mega-memory, break any addiction 100% of the time, and all the other things THEY don't want you to know about! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simp...

In part I of  Fraud Reich  we brought you historical fiction—the story of the  Hitler Diaries . Today we bring you a sci-fi thriller featuring Adolph Hitler, Hans Loads, David Bowie, and a fraudster named Trevor Ravenscroft. We’re talking the  “Spear of Destiny” — the alleged source of Hitler’s power and rot. Special thanks to Marcus Parks, founding father of the Last Podcast Network, for a magica...

Dear Diary, Many historically significant figures generate lore. Some say Shakespeare had a ghostwriter. Some say Nikola Tesla designed blueprints for a "death ray" before his passing. Some say Thomas Jefferson drank breast milk! Few theories, however, are as wild and as widely entertained as the Hitler Diaries were. On the 12th episode of Fraudsters Season 1, we talk where the myth began and how...

Remember when we actually said "world wide web?" Remember netscape? Remember the dot-com bubble? Remember Y2K? Remember when a car dealership company said it had the cure for AIDS and sold stocks for $9 through early internet message boards until someone from the FTC commented "hey, this isn't real?" No? On this weeks episode of Fraudsters we bring you Alfred Flores and Uniprime – a con on a .com...

The second installment of our two part mini-series on Anna Delvey (Sorokin). We get into Anna's apprehension, the circus of the trial, and Anna's own reflections from Rikers.   Special thanks to Emily Palmer for being such a wonderful guide throughout this series. You can find Emily on all social at @emilyepalmer. Special thanks to Todd Spodek a delightful interview. Special thanks to Joshua Suthe...

The first installment of our two part mini-series on Anna Delvey (Sorokin). We get into Anna's adolescence and designing "Delvey," her escalating frauds in its name, and the inevitable unraveling.   Special thanks to Emily Palmer for guiding us throughout this series. You can find Emily on all social at @emilyepalmer.   Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-fre...

Our final episode of the mini-series we walk you through justice finally being served in the case of Jim Bakker: How he went to prison for 25 years and came out as a reformed man who lived a quiet, secular life back in Michigan. Just kidding! He barely went to prison and wasn't humbled by it at all. On this final episode we spend more time talking about an incarcerated Jim Bakker than he spent in...

Part 2 of our mini-series on Praise the Lord and Jim Bakker. Special thanks to Joshua Sutherland for always making amazing music for us. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our colle...

Part 1 of our mini-series on notorious televangelist Jim Bakker and his TV show Praise the Lord : a lesson in religion, television and of course–fraud. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

In part 2 of our mini-series on Jacob Wohl, we pivot to his political frauds–covering his ploys to defame Dr. Fauci, Elizabeth Warren, and even Mayor Pete. While just as ludicrous as his earlier financial crimes, his political schemes seem to lack conviction–both in the sense that he no longer seems invested in sustaining charades longer than it takes to create chaos and because he isn't held resp...

This is an episode full of music and singing from our melodious voices, yay! Let’s give it a warm and cozy welcome to our latest professional Fraudster: Jacob Wohl. This is the first part of The Wohl Story, and we can’t help but wonder if this is fiction, crime or fraud: For the next episodes, you’ll be hearing about the tedious story of a young fraudster that, with less than 20 years old, already...

This is the third and final part of the infamous Miss Cleo's case and to do that with a flourish, J. Michael Skiba, AKA. Dr. Fraud (trademark) tells us that 70% of the population is prone to being dishonest -but there are levels- and, spoiler alert, 30% of them are shitty persons; nice data, right? Find out with us if Miss Cleo is innocent and knows the real scammers out there. Also, Miami Vice, y...

In this second part of the Psychic Readers Network series we go deep into how the Federal Trade Commission addressed these phone frauds with an expert guest who joins the show to detail PRN’s false advertising and abusive marketing practices. We also invited a retired phone actor who wanted to be a phone psychic as a summer job in 2001. He actually wrote an article for the New York Times about it....