A scrappy Flemish speech recognition company tries to put its hometown on the global tech map.

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• (00:00) - A Pie to the Face

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Sources:

• How Hype Hurt Lernout & Hauspie [Bloomberg via Wayback Machine]
• How High-Tech Dream Shattered In Scandal at Lernout & Hauspie [WSJ]
• Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products: Financing From Start-up through IPO [INSEAD, Herwig Langohr,  Benoit Leleux,  Danny Lein, July 2000, accessed on Sept. 16, 2025]
• Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products: The Question [INSEAD, Arnoud De Meyer,  Bart Pycke, January 1998, accessed on Sept. 16, 2025]
• Quarterdeck Office Systems [Wikipedia]
• Patent Is Won By Quarterdeck [NYT]
• Internet Hype Gives New Life to Quarterdeck Stock [LAT]
• Gaston Bastiaens [Apple.Fandom]
• Today in Apple history: Apple exec bets his wine cellar on Newton [CultofMac]
• Will Microsoft's Stake in Lernout & Hauspie Drive Growth in Speech? [Speech Technology Magazine]
• In Brussels, Gates Takes a Pie in the Face [Reuters via Wayback Machine]
• Bill Gates Being Hit in the Face With a Pie (1998) [YouTube]
• Noël Godin [Wikipedia]
• He Plasters Paris’ Elite With Cream Pies [LAT]
• Bernard-Henri Levy Pied again in Belgium [YouTube]
• FM Interviews: Noël Godin [First Monday]
• Lernout & Hauspie Shares Drop Amid Puzzling Revenue Results [WSJ]
• Lernout & Hauspie Surges In Korea, Raising Questions [WSJ]
• Lernout's Bastiaens Will Step Down From CEO Post at Software Concern [WSJ]
• Lernout to Refile Financial Reports; Co-Founders Resign as Chairmen [WSJ]
• Lernout Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Says Cash at South Korean Unit Is Missing [WSJ]
• The Talk of Flanders Has Most Speechless [AP]
• Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, N.V., Litigation Release No. 17782, Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 1648, October 10, 2002 [Securities and Exchange Commission]
• Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, N.V., Litigation Release No. 18014, March 4, 2003 [Securities and Exchange Commission]
• Lernout & Hauspie Founders Guilty in Fraud [WSJ]
• Goldman Sachs and the $580 Million Black Hole [NYT]

Kim Sutherland has 14 different email addresses. She doesn’t suggest you do the same, but she does think a lot about fraud in her job as the Global Head of Fraud & Identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. As a follow-up to the last episode, Caleb and Kim discuss the various dimensions and the growing prevalence of reward point / loyalty fraud.

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Rewarding customer loyalty is probably as old as commerce. These days, consumers accumulate hundreds, thousands, sometimes even millions of points that can be used to acquire everything from their favorite drink, to airline tickets, or simply pay a balance on a credit card. The fact that these rewards have an intrinsic value is something many easily forget about, making them a great target for fraud.

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Sources:

• The lucrative business of airline loyalty schemes [AFR]
• A History of US Airline Deregulation [Travel Insider via Wayback Machine, accessed on Aug 29, 2025]
• Alaska Airlines miles stolen: What to do if your account is hacked [Fox13 Seattle]
• Alaska Airlines customers complain of possible hack after miles stolen from accounts [KIRO 7]
• Check your mileage plans! (Mine was hacked) [r/AlaskaAirlines]
• Mileage Account Hacked [r/AlaskaAirlines]
• My Southwest Rapid Rewards account was hacked: How I got my points back [The Points Guy]
• My AAdvantage account was hacked: Here's what happened and how you can protect yourself [The Points Guy]
• Largest Employer by State 2025 [World Population Review]
• Sam’s Club [Wikipedia]

Rewards Points Scheme Nets Arrest; More Sac County Victims Likely [Folsom Times]

Following her sudden resignation, the longtime treasurer of a small Arizona county faces questions about her time in office.

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• (00:00) - An Unexpected Resignation

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• Santa Cruz County’s Industry Clusters [SantaCruzCenter.org]
• County Treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr resigns [Nogales International]
• Unrecorded money transfers trigger FBI investigation on former Santa Cruz Co. treasurer [News4Tucson]
• County Tells School, Fire Districts That Over $4 Million Has Disappeared [Patagonia Regional Times]
• County BOS, SEFD, Sonoita School District Release Statements on Missing Funds [Patagonia Regional Times]
• Supervisors Told $39.4 Million in County Funds Is Missing [Patagonia Regional Times]
• Report sheds light on Santa Cruz Co. Treasurer's alleged theft of $39 million [KGUN]
• A Santa Cruz County official is accused of stealing $39M. A lawmaker wants tighter controls [Arizona Republic]
• Santa Cruz County v. Elizabeth Gutfahr, et al.
• U.S. v. Elizabeth Gutfahr
• Former Arizona Elected Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement of More than $38M of County Funds [DOJ]
• Former Santa Cruz County Treasurer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Stealing Over $38 Million in County Funds [DOJ]
• “One of the dumbest…crimes in Arizona state history” [KGUN]

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When Johnathan Walton learned that his best friend had conned him out of nearly $100,000, his first instinct was a little unusual—he told anyone who would listen about what happened. The story that ensued consumed his life for several years, ultimately sending his career in unexpected directions, with a hit podcast, assisting other victims with their frauds, and now, his new book, Anatomy of a Con Artist.

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• (00:00) - Introduction and Podcast Overview

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Queen of the Con [Spotify]

Queen of the Con [Instagram]

johnathanwalton.com

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Caleb knew that if he could get Becca Platsky, the co-host of the Corporate Gossip Podcast, to come on Oh My Fraud, that they would have a lot to talk about. Becca and Caleb learn that they are kindred spirits, discussing their experiences not only as scorned CPAs, but as earnest gossip merchants. 

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• Corporate Gossip Podcast
• Facebook Part 1: Sheryl Sandberg & the Curse of the BOB
• Facebook Part 2: Mark Zuckerberg & The Curse of the Baby Bangs

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Carlos Watson, a charismatic, fast-rising media figure, strives to build a new kind of digital media company.

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• (00:00) - The Ozy Media Controversy Begins

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• From kindergarten delinquent to star [The Hill]
• From Silicon Valley to CNN [Stanford Lawyer via Wayback Machine]
• Get to know Carlos Watson [Blast Magazine via Wayback Machine]
• Ozymandias [Wikipedia]
• About Ozy [via Wayback Machine]
• WGBH to debut ‘Point Taken,’ a new late-night debate TV show taped in Boston [Boston.com]
• A Bunch Of Digital Publishers Bought Cheap Traffic And Later Found Out It Was Fraudulent [BuzzFeed News]
• Exclusive: OZY hits profitability on $50 million in revenue [Axios]
• Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong [NYT]
• Ozy’s board starts an investigation after a Times report raises questions about the company. [NYT]
• Ozy Built a TV Show on a False Claim, Says Its Former Producer [NYT]
• Ozy Media’s chairman resigns as company faces questions. [NYT]
• Sharon Osbourne says Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson lied when he claimed the Osbournes invested in his company [CNBC]
• Ozy says it’s great at discovering big names before the mainstream media. But is it? [Nieman Lab]
• How Ozy Media, a startup with $70 million in funding and a star-studded list of investors, collapsed in 6 days [Fortune]
• How Ozy fell [Axios]
• 18-hour days and panic attacks: Former Ozy staffers allege an abusive environment [CNN]
• Ozy Media CEO claims his scandal-ridden company will reopen, but doesn’t explain how [CNBC]
• Ozy Media’s Watson on path forward: We’re going to have to change substantially [CNBC]
• Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson: 'This Is Our Lazarus Moment' [Today via YouTube]
• After Ozy’s Carlos Watson Talks of a Comeback, a Key Investor Objects [NYT]
• Let Me Tell You What It Was Like to Work at Ozy [NYT]
• Ozy Media Is A Monumental Bummer [Defector]
• Ozy Media Faces Federal Investigations [NYT]
• Carlos Watson Has a Cold [Puck]
• Latest NewsOzy Media CEO Carlos Watson Says a Fun Redesign Is on the Horizon [Tech Bullion via Wayback]
• Article About the New, ‘Ethical’ Ozy Media Appears to Have Been Written by a Fake Journalist [Vice]
• Media company Ozy is attempting a comeback [Semafor]
• Ozy Media and Its Founder Carlos Watson Indicted in a Years-Long Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme [DOJ]
• SEC Charges Ozy Media and its CEO Carlos Watson with Widespread Scheme to Defraud Investors [SEC]
• U.S. v. Carlos Watson, Ozy Media, Inc. [Indictment]
• Ozy Statement, March 1, 2023 [X/Twitter]
• Ozy Media Shuts Down After Founder Carlos W...

Omri Mor’s experience with technology and startups began early, being a kid and hanging out at Microsoft Israel where both his parents worked. Omri tells Caleb about his journey of growing up in Tel Aviv, working at his first startup when he was 18 to the conversation over hummus he had that led to the creation of Routable.

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For the last 25 years, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has collected reports from victims of online scams, and its latest annual report found that Internet-based fraud shows no signs of slowing down.

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Sources:

• IC3 Turns 20 [FBI]
• Internet Crime Complaint Center Marks 20 Years [FBI]
• Avoid Scams: Online Sales and Auction Fraud [Secret Service]
• FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report [FBI]
• Internet Crime Report 2024 [FBI]
• List of U.S. states and territories by population [Wiki]
• Operation Level-Up: How the FBI Is Saving Victims from Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud [FBI]
• International Cybercrime Malware Service Dismantled by Federal Authorities: Key Malware Sales and Support Actors in Malta and Nigeria Charged in Federal Indictments [DOJ]
• IC3.gov
• Cybercriminals and scammers stole a record $16B in 2024, new FBI report says [USA Today]
• FBI says online scams raked in $16.6 billion last year [NBC News]
• Scammers stole $16.6 billion from victims last year [Axios]
• Cybercrime losses up to $16 billion in 2024, FBI says in annual report on Internet crimes [UPI]
• Column | Scam losses hit almost $17 billion. The fix is bigger than self-help. [Washington Post]

An ambitious New Orleans banker gets in over his head.

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• Banc One to Pay $3 Billion In Stock for First Commerce [Bloomberg News]
• FIRST NBC BANK HOLDING COMPANY [S-1]
• First NBC Bank shares rise on first trading day [New Orleans Advocate]
• Driving Forces: Ashton Ryan [New Orleans City Business]
• Inside the Industry: Banking | First NBC Bank [Biz New Orleans]
• First NBC profit inches upward [The Times-Picayune]
• First NBC: Statements not reliable [New Orleans Advocate]
• New Orleans’s Premier Bank, First NBC, Runs Into Problems [WSJ]
• First NBC Bank Co. deemed in 'troubled condition' by Fed [New Orleans Advocate]
• Regulators to review First NBC management, procedures, liquidity [New Orleans Advocate]
• First NBC proposes management shakeup; Ashton Ryan to remain as president but not CEO [New Orleans Advocate]
• Short of an outright sale, First NBC Bank deal 'a big step forward,' but challenges remain [New Orleans Advocate]
• New Orleans' troubled First NBC Bank anticipates further drop in value [New Orleans Advocate]
• First NBC Bank fails, ordered closed; will be absorbed by Whitney Bank [New Orleans Advocate]
• First NBC Bank's parent company files for bankruptcy protection [New Orleans Advocate]
• First NBC Bank Holding Company [8-K]
• Material Loss Review of First NBC Bank [FDIC OIG]
• Ashton Ryan Jr. steps down as president of troubled First NBC Bank [New Orleans]
• Sources: Federal grand jury opens probe into First NBC Bank meltdown, exploring bank's dealings with Gregory St. Angelo [New Orleans Advocate]
• Mandeville land deal involving ex-First NBC head Ashton Ryan subject of grand jury probe [New Orleans]
• Northshore Contractor Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud First NBC Bank [DOJ]
• Bank General Counsel Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy to Defraud First NBC Bank [DOJ]
• New Orleans Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud First NBC Bank [DOJ]
• Federal regulator sues auditor Ernst & Young for negligence over First NBC collapse [Times-Picayune]
• First NBC's former chief, Ashton Ryan, indicted on bank fraud and conspiracy charges [Times-Picayune]
• Grand Jury Returns Superseding Indictment Charging First NBC Bank Executives And A Borrower With Bank Fraud And False Statements [DOJ]
• In First NBC fraud trial, Mississippi developer says he built 'black hole' of debt with Ryan's help [Times-Picayune]
• 'I was never involved in any conspiracy;' Ashton Ryan takes stand in First NBC Bank fraud trial [Times-Picayune]