They can’t all be criminal masterminds. Caleb and Greg discuss four stories of fraud gone absurdly wrong.

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Sources:
Crime pays for theft victim — BBC

The World’s Dumbest Fraudsters — Journal of Accountancy

Police nab suspect in bank deposit box scam — Tampa Bay Times

Inside the mind of criminals: How to brazenly steal $100 billion from Medicare and Medicaid [CNBC]

NHE Fact Sheet [CMS]

Durable medical equipment (DME) coverage [Medicare.gov]

Alleged Health Care Fraudster Ordered Detained Pending Trial After Being Arrested on a Jet Ski Headed Toward Cuba [DOJ]

Officials: Fraud suspect caught heading to Cuba on Jet Ski [AP]

Bugatti Veyron [Wikipedia]

$1.6 Million Bugatti Veyron Crashes Into Texas Lake [Jalopnik]

Bugatti Veyron Lake Crash-- Original Video- 1st hand account [YouTube]

EXCLUSIVE: Bugatti Lake Crash Owner Buys Replacement $1.5 Million Veyron [Jalopnik]

Trial Of Man Sued For 'Purposefully' Crashing Bugatti Veyron Into Lagoon Mysteriously Postponed [Jalopnik]

Angelina County Man Guilty In Wire Fraud Scheme [DOJ]

Lufkin man gets 1 year prison for false insurance claim in Bugatti case [KTRE]

Man who crashed Bugatti into a lake is headed to federal prison [Houston Chronicle]