This week, Jami Rice speaks with Dr. Joni E. Johnston, a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist, author and private investigator. Together, they discuss the Tara Lee adoption scam case as well as Tara’s intense lack of empathy and toxic manipulation of adoptive parents and birth parents.  Follow us @DirtyMoneyMoves on Instagram and TikTok. If you enjoy Dirty Money Moves, please leave us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media.  Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna.  Emily Crain does the audio mixing and editing. Josh Cooke composed the music and Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art. If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH. Visit murderish.com for a list of sources used for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

This week, Jami Rice speaks with Dr. Joni E. Johnston, a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist, author and private investigator. Together, they discuss the Tara Lee adoption scam case as well as Tara’s intense lack of empathy and toxic manipulation of adoptive parents and birth parents. Follow us @DirtyMoneyMoves on Instagram and TikTok. If you enjoy Dirty Money Moves, please leave us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media. Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna. Emily Crain does the audio mixing and editing. Josh Cooke composed the music and Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art. If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH. Visit murderish.com for a list of sources used for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jami Rice speaks with Dr. Joni E. Johnston, a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist, author and private investigator. Together, they discuss the Tara Lee adoption scam case as well as Tara’s intense lack of empathy and toxic manipulation of adoptive parents and birth parents.&nbsp; Follow us @DirtyMoneyMoves on Instagram and TikTok. If you enjoy Dirty Money Moves, please leave us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media.&nbsp; Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna.&nbsp; Emily Crain does the audio mixing and editing. Josh Cooke composed the music and Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art. If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH. Visit murderish.com for a list of sources used for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="noopener noreferrer">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Dr. Joni Johnston: "Psychology of a Scammer" | S2 E9

Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime dives deep into cases involving a more rare type of criminal, women who commit financial crimes. Scamming and financial crimes are usually a man’s game, but women dabble in it too. In Season Three of Dirty Money Moves, host, Jami Rice of MURDERISH, the podcast, takes listeners along as she investigates Tracii Hutsona, a self-described “winner” who appeared to have it all: successful businesses, multimillion dollar mansions, luxury cars, and the cash to spend on high-end jewelry and vacations. She claimed to have had a lengthy acting and modeling career, one that saw her on the cover of several major magazines, including Italian Vogue. She even claimed to have romantic ties to Keanu Reeves. But not much about Tracii seems to be real, except maybe her abilities as a con artist. Most recently, she made headlines for embezzling more than $1 million from Joumana Kidd, actress and ex wife of NBA star Jason Kidd, via Tracii’s luxury concierge business. Then, Tracii opened a restaurant in San Diego, fittingly called “Breakfast Bitch,” which was funded, in part, by Joumana’s money. These recent crimes may have garnered all the media attention, but they are by no means Tracii’s first run-ins with the law. She’s had a long history of schemes, going back 30 years. Yet, the most shocking thing about Tracii isn't the dollar amount she’s managed to steal over the years, but the way in which she victimizes the people closest to her, over and over again. This is the story of an extremely charismatic woman who can manipulate even the most savvy person into believing exactly what she needs them to, all in the pursuit of a lifestyle of luxury, glamour, and self-indulgence.

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