Scott Rothstein- The First Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme
He started out as a lawyer in private practice and had a quiet first 15 years of his career. But he would soon find a way to funnel honest money from his clients into his own personal account. Hear ho...
26 Apr 202320min
Comic Book Scams of Yesteryear
Who could forget the outrageous ads we used to see in comic book? X-Ray vision glasses, money-making machines, and who could forget Sea Monkeys! But were some of these deliberate attempts to scam chil...
19 Apr 202320min
Steve Comisar- The Clothesline Conman
In the 1980's, Steve Comisar began his fraud career by selling the "solar powered clothes dryer" in national magazines. Buyers quickly found out they were duped into his scam when it turned out to onl...
12 Apr 202321min
Melissa King- The Sandhogs Pension Raider
Imagine working your whole life only to find out at retirement your pension is gone and has been raided. That is exactly what happened to many hardworking folks in New York Local 147- also known as th...
5 Apr 202320min
Sheldon Silver- From General Assembly Speaker to Federal Inmate
Sheldon Silver rose among the ranks of the New York General Assembly to become one of its most notorious and powerful speakers. He was known for his iron-fisted, almost dictator-like style. But the po...
22 Mars 202320min
Martin Frankel- The Frankel Fraud Fund
Martin Frankel was a fraudster that would stop at nothing to scam investors. Whether it involved using aliases or fleeing the country, Martin Frankel would stop at nothing to scam investors.
15 Mars 202321min
The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose
When he retired in 1986, he was baseball's all-time hit king. But a gambling addiction and tax evasion problems earned him a permanent ban from the Baseball Hall of Fame.
8 Mars 202323min
Bonus Update: Alex Murdaugh Sentenced to Life
Today, in South Carolina, disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life for the murders of his son and wife. Now he is facing 100 possible counts of various white-collar crimes. What will thi...
4 Mars 202313min
