What’s Poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, Jean Elie joins the show to discuss Fred Brito, a con artist of many faces including the faces of priests. Plus, John Oliver recently tipped his hat to Kim Kardashian for her role in helping solve an art fraud scheme. Stay Schemin’! 

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What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, we welcome back comedian Caleb Hearon to discuss Norman Baker, a vaudevillian, business-owner, and radio-show host in the 1800’s who claimed to have a cure for cancer. Plus, a Hong Kong student has been arrested after participating in an elaborate kidnapping to scam her parents out of ransom money. Stay Schemin’!

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What’s poppin’ Stitcher Premium family? This week, Laci and Priscilla read an epic shady listener letter about a love scam in Brazil involving two men sharing one brain cell. Plus, a son collects his dead father’s funds as his body decomposed in the living room. Stay Schemin’!

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What’s Poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, we welcome back Diallo Riddle to discuss one of Mississippi’s largest state-wide corruption cases. It involves millions in state welfare funds misappropriated to powerful state officials, pro-wrestlers, and former athletes including Brett Favre. Plus, singer Shakira has been ordered to stand trial in Spain for alleged tax fraud against the Public Treasury of Spain. Stay Schemin’! 

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What’s poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, Kimia Behpoornia joins us to discuss how the FBI is looking into a woman who spent considerable time at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate, claiming to be an heiress. Plus, a manga artist has been scammed out of 75 million yen from someone who claimed to be Mark Ruffalo. Stay Schemin’!

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What’s poppin’ Stitcher Premium fam? This week, Laci and Priscilla read your listener letters. One details the scam behind a fundraiser for a non-profit organization and the other details a med-spa involved in insurance fraud. Stay Schemin’!

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What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Dewayne Perkins joins us to discuss the Bling Ring, a group of teenagers who stole nearly $3 million from celebrities like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and many more in 2008. Plus, a Thai YouTube star known as Nutty is accused of conning thousands of her fans out of $55 million dollars in a foreign exchange trading scam. Stay schemin’! 

Sources:

https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/youtuber-nutty-natthamon-khongchak-wanted-for-defrauding-followers/

https://meaww.com/you-tube-star-nutty-flees-thailand-after-conning-more-than-6000-fans-for-5-32-million-dollars

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e9cc0cc3-dbf1-4fab-8367-5fc7c05608e6

https://allthatsinteresting.com/alexis-neiers

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132285/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15039492/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Josh Brekhus joins the show to discuss, Frédéric Bourdin a serial imposter who took on about 500 identities, convincing many that he was a school age runaway well into his adulthood. Plus, 19-year-old chess Grandmaster Hans Niemann is accused of cheating with vibrating anal beads. Stay Schemin’!

Sources:

https://slate.com/culture/2022/09/chess-cheating-scandal-magnus-carlsen-hans-moke-niemann-anal-beads.html

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2022/09/16/chess-grandmaster-denies-cheating-by-using-anal-beads

https://www.grunge.com/292562/how-a-fake-cia-agent-convinced-people-to-rob-banks/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/11/the-chameleon-annals-of-crime-david-grann

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What’s poppin’ stitcher premium family! This week, Laci and Priscilla read your listener letters, one about an elaborate fake coupon printing operation and another about woman’s tale of needing her husband to escape aggressive vacuum sales scammers… in her own home! Stay schemin’!  

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What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Adam Conover joins the show to discuss amateur British archeologist Charles Dawson, who committed one the greatest frauds in all of archaeological history. Plus, “Yellowstone” actress Q’orianka Kilcher, has been charged with two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. Stay Schemin’!

Sources:

https://www.livescience.com/56327-piltdown-man-hoax.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/feb/05/piltdown-man-archaeologys-greatest-hoax

https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/science/scientific-insights/the-piltdown-man-the-greatest-scientific-fraud-of-the-20th-century/

https://people.com/tv/qorianka-kilcher-insurance-fraud-case-everything-to-know/

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