Caleb and Zach discuss the 2017 film, The Polka King.
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When confronted with irregularities in his employer’s books, an accountant goes into hiding.
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Sources:
· End of the Trail: Fugitive Comptroller [ACFE Fraud Magazine]
· Fugitive Spent Years Hiding on the Appalachian Trail [FBI]
· FBI Announces Arrest of Fugitive Suspect James T. Hammes [FBI]
· Former Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $8.7 Million from Employer [DOJ]
· Former Fugitive Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison [DOJ]
· Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator [BOP]
· A Long Walk's End [SB Nation]
· A Killer Hiding on the Appalachian Trail? [The Daily Beast]
· Accountant who hid on Appalachian Trail jailed for embezzling millions from Pepsi bottler [Accounting Today]
· Man facing $8.7M embezzlement case hid on Appalachian Trail [Associated Press]
· Trail hiker pleads guilty to wire fraud in embezzling case [Associated Press]
· Judge sentences trail-hiking fugitive to 8 years in prison [Associated Press]
· Kentucky accountant who fled embezzlement case to appeal [Associated Press]
· Man admits embezzling millions from Cincinnati employer [WLWT]
· Lawyers: Appalachian Trail was client's 'road to redemption' [WLWT]
· Man who hid on Appalachian Trail sentenced in $8.7M embezzlement case [WLWT]
· Feds seek 7-year term for Milwaukee-native fugitive [Wisconsin Law Journal]
· FBI Arrests Fugitive James Hammes at Trail Days [AppalachianTrail.com]
· AT Thru-Hiker Bismarck Arrested at Trail Days on Embezzling Charges [The Trek]
· James Hammes caught after hiding on the Appalachian Trail [TheJournal.ie]
· American Greed: The Fugitives — "Deceitful Dad and the Missing Millions" [CNBC]
· America's Most Wanted — Season 26, Episode 37 [America's Most Wanted]. A Long Walk's End [SB Nation]
A veteran television producer becomes the star of her own financial crime drama.
The scion of a commodity trading fortune goes missing after his hedge fund implodes.
Intro
Sam Israel III
A flamboyant adventurer known for exaggerating his military exploits returns to Great Britain with tales of a new land of opportunity on the Mosquito Coast.
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Christopher Derry spent 36 years working for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 17 as a detective in fraud and cyber crime. Over that time, he’s seen a lot and learned a lot about why people commit fraud, how far they’ll go to keep it going, and what they’ll do to avoid being caught.
In his senior year at UCLA, Alan L. Green secured an internship as an actuary with Equity Funding, a fast-growing financial conglomerate. Only a short time later, he was invited to play a small part in a fraud that would eventually be exposed as one of the biggest corporate scandals of the 20th century.
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During the rise of Bitcoin, a would-be rival builds a worldwide following, driven by the charisma of its founder, the self-anointed Cryptoqueen.
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SOURCES
Ruja Ignatova [Wikipedia]
OneCoin [Wikipedia]
Frank Schneider (spy) [Wikipedia]
Co-Founder Of Multi-Billion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme "OneCoin" Pleads Guilty [U.S. Department of Justice]
Former Law Firm Partner Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Laundering $400 Million In Connection With "OneCoin" Fraud Scheme [U.S. Department of Justice]
"Head Of Legal And Compliance" For Multibillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Pyramid Scheme "OneCoin" Sentenced To Four Years In Prison [U.S. Department of Justice]
How 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova ended up as the only woman on the FBI's most-wanted list [CNN]
FBI adds OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova to list of most-wanted fugitives [The Washington Post]
US adds 'Cryptoqueen' to most-wanted list over alleged US$4b fraud [Malay Mail / Reuters]
Cryptoqueen: How this Woman Scammed the World, then Vanished [BBC]
A cryptocurrency ponzi scheme is finally unraveling [Quartz]
Is OneCoin the biggest financial fraud in history? [Fortune]
The 'Cryptoqueen' who made FBI's most wanted after $4 billion heist was rumored killed—but evidence leaves more questions than answers [Fortune]
The Outrageous Case of OneCoin, the Billion Dollar Scam Sold as a "Bitcoin Killer" [Bitrates]
The OneCoin Scam: the Dazzling Story of the Biggest Crypto Ponzi in History [CoinMarketCap]
Ruja Ignatova: The Crypto Mogul Scam Artist Who Vanished into Thin Air [CrimeReads]
The Missing Cryptoqueen Details the Rise and Fall of Ruja Ignatova's OneCoin Con [Reason]
Subpoenaed emails reveal OneCoin was fraudulent from inception [BehindMLM]
OneCoin literally a relaunch of the BigCoin Ponzi scheme [BehindMLM]
OneCoin investment packages approach a quarter million Euros [BehindMLM]
OneCoin debut €118,000 EUR investment package [BehindMLM]
OneCoin under regulatory investigation in Germany [BehindMLM]
Fourteen OneCoin promoters indicted in Italy [BehindMLM]
Konstantin Ignatov receives time served for OneCoin fraud [BehindMLM]
OneCoin's Ruja Ignatova indicted in Germany [BehindMLM]
OneCoin Research Paper: Islamic Ruling [Islamic Portal]
Cryptoqueen's brother is freed after 3 years jail over OneCoin scheme: Report [Cointelegraph]
Cryptoqueen's Brother Gets Time Served for Leading OneCoin Scam [Bloomberg]
OneCoin co-founder Greenwood gets 20 years in US jail for fraud, money laundering [Investing.com / Cointelegraph]
Fugitive 'cryptoqueen' accomplice is jailed for 20 years for $4bn global scam [The Independent / AOL]
US boosts reward for info on 'Missing Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova to $5 million [The Record]
Missing 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova 'May Be Hiding in Russia' [Decrypt]
OneCoin fraudster Ruja Ignatova reportedly hiding in Russia to avoid arrest [Invezz]
Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova, OneCoin's $4 Billion Fraud Mastermind, Is Alive And In South Africa, German Police Suspects [Benzinga]
A serial entrepreneur sets out to transform the trucking industry.
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Caleb and Zach discuss the classic Mel Brooks satire, "The Producers."
Stories of brash conmen convincing people to buy some of the world’s most recognizable landmarks
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In the 1990s, a blimp enthusiast with a checkered business record inexplicably dominates pop music by assembling not one but two boy bands.
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To help his down-and-out Ohio hometown, an unassuming entrepreneur builds a fast-growing chain of discount drugstores.
Sources:Phar-Mor [Wikipedia]
Michael I. Monus [Wikipedia]
World Basketball League [Wikipedia]
Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. [Wikipedia]
PricewaterhouseCoopers [Wikipedia]
How to Steal $500 Million [PBS Frontline]
How to Steal $500 Million — Transcript [PBS Frontline]
Mickey's Secret Life [Newsweek]
Rockies born of Monus' work, but he never saw his baby grow up [ESPN]
Souls of the departed haunt Youngstown [ESPN]
How Phar-Mor Came Tumbling Down [Business Journal Daily]
Phar-Mor Reorganizes as Monus Goes to Prison [Business Journal Daily]
Jury Disagrees on All 126 Counts Against Fired Phar-Mor President [Deseret News]
Convicted Drugstore Embezzler Now Accused of Jury Tampering [Deseret News]
The Catholic Church’s financial entanglements draw scrutiny after a banker is found hanging under a bridge.
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SOURCES: Roberto Calvi [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Calvi
Banco Ambrosiano [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Ambrosiano
Michele Sindona [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Sindona
Propaganda Due [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_Due
Licio Gelli [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licio_Gelli
Scandal at the Pope's Bank [TIME, July 1982] — https://time.com/archive/6856828/scandal-at-the-popes-bank/
Italy: The Great Vatican Bank Mystery [TIME, September 1982] — https://time.com/archive/6697494/italy-the-great-vatican-bank-mystery/
The Vatican Hiding Behind the Walls [TIME, March 1987] — https://time.com/archive/6708575/the-vatican-hiding-behind-the-walls/
Four indicted in '82 death of 'God's banker' [NBC News, 2005] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7546141
All acquitted in 'God's banker' murder trial [NBC News, 2007] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna19075395
23 years on, five stand trial for death of 'God's banker' [Irish Times, 2005] — https://www.irishtimes.com/news/23-years-on-five-stand-trial-for-death-of-god-s-banker-1.502326
Roberto Calvi: Who Killed God's Banker? [OwlCation/The CrimeWire] — https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Who-Killed-Gods-Banker
The mysterious death of 'God's Banker' [Crime+Investigation UK] — https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/roberto-calvis-mysterious-death
Roberto Calvi [Forensic Cold Case Murder Investigation] — https://www.forensic-access.co.uk/cold-cases/roberto-calvi/
The Vatican Bank Scandal [Christianity Today, 1982] — https://www.christianitytoday.com/1982/09/vatican-bank-scandal/
Vatican Bank mired in laundering scandal [NBC News/AP, 2010] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40628315
Liquidators and creditors of the failed Banco Ambrosiano [UPI Archives, 1984] — https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/25/Liquidators-and-creditors-of-the-failed-Banco-Ambrosiano-of/8243454305600/
Two more tales of celebrities betrayed by the very people they entrusted to manage their vast fortunes.
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David Sirota had no idea that getting assigned to a little-known congressman from New England would end up shaping the rest of his life. That New England congressman was Bernie Sanders, and David quickly learned why our political and economic systems work the way they do, and that it’s no accident. Caleb talks to David about his life and career, how corruption entrenched itself in our lives, and the one indulgence that is capable of corrupting him.
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A teenage entrepreneur charms Southern California, and then Wall Street, with his rapidly growing carpet cleaning and insurance restoration empire.
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A woman caring for her ailing mother is drawn into a North Korean scheme to infiltrate American companies.
In the 1970s, two lifelong friends set out to disrupt the computer leasing industry.
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A real estate developer serving time for fraud gets a second chance.
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