Episode 26

Scams, Cons, Fraud + Netflix’s Ozark

Really? no, Really? with Jason Alexander & Peter Tilden

August 1, 202344m 48s

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Show Notes

Ridiculous! Stupid! If you want to money launder, why would you go to the Ozarks buy a strip club and open a Riverboat Casino? Oh sure, that’s not going to draw too much attention! So says Peter about Ozark, starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney. Jason’s response… Really, no really?

To vet the realism of Ozark and to dive deeply into the trillion-dollar industry of scams, fraud, swindles, and money laundering we reached out to Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, a professor of forensic accounting, a nationally recognized expert in white-collar crime, and author of: “Fool Me Once: Scams, Stories, and Secrets from the Trillion-Dollar Fraud Industry”. Dr. Pope is also the producer and director of the 2017 award-winning documentary, “All the Queen's Horses” which explores the astonishing story behind the largest municipal fraud in US history.

In this episode:

Ozark…realistic or not? We get the definitive answer.
THIS is the riskiest scam.
Are today’s big banks being bought off?
More people are scamming, why?
Has increased exposure to the rich and famous enticed honest people to commit fraud?
YouTube’s spread of fraudster techniques.
Are you: Intentional Perpetrator, Accidental Perpetrator, or Righteous Perpetrator.
The largest and most incredible municipal fraud in American history.
Face to face with fraudsters…what Dr. Pope learned.
The origin story of the Ponzi Scheme.