The Tennis Match Fixer w/ Sona Movsesian
The world's worst assistant Sona Movsesian (Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend) joins the Con-gregation to cover Grigor Sargsyan—the man who paid top pro tennis players to lose on purpose while running the biggest tennis match fixing ring in history. Plus, Sona tells us how she scammed her way into co-hosting Conan's podcast. Stay schemin'! This story was primarily investigated by The Washington Post's Kevin Sieff in his article "Game, Set, Fix": https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan Buy Sona's book "The World's Worst Assistant": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675609/the-worlds-worst-assistant-by-sona-movsesian/ Buy Laci's book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes": https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Sona Movsesian: @sonamov Research by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-gambling-investigation-belgium/ https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/38913580/five-tennis-players-suspended-link-match-fixing-syndicate
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Show Notes
The world's worst assistant Sona Movsesian (Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend) joins the Con-gregation to cover Grigor Sargsyan—the man who paid top pro tennis players to lose on purpose while running the biggest tennis match fixing ring in history. Plus, Sona tells us how she scammed her way into co-hosting Conan's podcast. Stay schemin'!
This story was primarily investigated by The Washington Post's Kevin Sieff in his article "Game, Set, Fix":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan
Buy Sona's book "The World's Worst Assistant":
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675609/the-worlds-worst-assistant-by-sona-movsesian/
Buy Laci's book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes":
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press
Follow on Instagram:
Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod
Laci Mosley: @divalaci
Sona Movsesian: @sonamov
Research by Kaelyn Brandt.
SOURCES:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan
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