More Pandemic Pillagers Got What They Had Coming
More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, stories of regular people and their ill-fated schemes to exploit pandemic aid programs continue to emerge. In this episode, Caleb and Greg discu...
22 Maj 202451min
We’re All Somebody’s Fool | Dan Simons & Chris Chabris
Think you’re too smart to be taken in by a fraudster? If so, that may make you an even bigger mark. In this episode, Caleb and Greg speak with psychologists Dan Simons of the University of Illinois Ur...
8 Maj 20241h 16min
You’ve Got Fail | The British Post Office Scandal
The US Postal Service has long been the butt of jokes for poor service, but nothing that comes close to this. In this transatlantic episode, Caleb and Greg unpack the story of hundreds of British subp...
24 Apr 202450min
The 2024 ACFE Report to the Nations, Annotated with Wisecracks
In many episodes, Greg cites statistics from “A Report to the Nations,” the biennial report on occupational fraud, from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. As luck would have it, the most re...
10 Apr 20241h 6min
Next Stop, Fraud | The Case of Frederick Darren Berg
We all have childhood dreams. Not all of us get to make them come true. In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss the story of Frederick Darren Berg, who as a boy, developed a fascination with buses, an...
27 Mars 20241h
Meet the Whistleblower Who Took on Halliburton
Whistleblowers are essential to discovering fraud. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, more than 40 percent of frauds are discovered by a tip or whistleblower. In this episode, ...
13 Mars 20241h 37min
A Lotto Fraud
Everyone dreams of winning the lottery. Some may even fantasize about trying to game the system. But only a very small few actually have the opportunity to tip the odds in their favor. In this episode...
28 Feb 202447min
Sir Frauds a Lot | The Case of Stanford Financial Group
Chances are, you probably remember a massive fraud from the late 2000s that created a media circus. Just maybe not this one. In this episode, Caleb and Greg delve into a saga of Allen Stanford, the ma...
14 Feb 20241h 7min
