Cooked and Booked

The Fraudulent Case of the Magic Cheese


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Guest Nina Parker joins Sunny to discuss the mysterious “Madame Gil,” who ran a “cheesy” pyramid scheme that scammed thousands of people out of millions of dollars. Produced by Paradiso Media for Food Network.

 

Sources: 

 

'Magic cheese scam' on trial.” BBC 

Dark Age: The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokassa.” McGill-Queens University Press.  

France looks into "magic cheese."” Reuters.  

French woman ​on trial.” Guardian.  

Frenchwoman jailed.” Guardian. 

Madame Yogurt.” Le Monde.  

 


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