Oh My Fraud

Australia’s Greatest Conman


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A respected leader of an Australian national search and rescue operation isn’t who he claims to be.

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  • (00:00) - - Introduction to Richard Flanagan and John Friedrich
  • (01:30) - - Welcome to Oh My Fraud
  • (07:00) - - John Friedrich and the National Safety Council of Australia
  • (10:00) - - The Ash Wednesday Bushfires and NSC's Expansion
  • (16:42) - - Discovery of Financial Irregularities and Friedrich's Disappearance
  • (22:29) - - Friedrich's True Identity and Arrival in Australia
  • (25:59) - - Analysis Using the Fraud Triangle Framework
  • (30:59) - - Friedrich's Arrest, Legal Proceedings and Eventual Death
  • (35:29) - - Lessons Learned From the Friedrich Case and Wrap Up


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    Sources:

    • Common seadragon [Wikipedia]
    • List of impostors [Wikipedia]
    • Fictional impostors [Wikipedia]
    • National Safety Council of Australia [Wikipedia]
    • Ash Wednesday bushfires [Wikipedia]
    • John Friedrich (fraudster) [Wikipedia]
    • The Story of John Friedrich: The Great Imposter [Australian Crime Stories / True Crime TV]
    • Mr John FRIEDRICH Medal of the Order of Australia [Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]
    • Friedrich and Flanagan: the con-man and his ghostwriter [Conversations / ABC]
    • Richard Flanagan on lies, literature, and Australia’s greatest conman [The Guardian]
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