Fraudsters

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Fraudsters is a true-crime comedy docuseries. Comedians Seena Ghaznavi, JD, Justin Williams, PhD, and Ariel Leaty bring you the scams you love from the fraudsters we hate. Our show merges the chat-cast and the deep-dive to take a humorous look at fraudsters that abuse trust, distort reality, and take advantage of vulnerable people financially. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

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  1. Episode 1

    Fraudwire: The Wide World of Sports (and Organ Sales)

    On the first Fraudwire of Season 6, Seena and Ariel delve into World Cup shadiness, some creative basketball player fraud, and Ken Paxton's bold pro-mistress voting record. 00:01:20 — Seena announces the episode topics: FIFA, basketball, politics. Patreon plug. Season 6 is officially underway, Justin is missing in Detroit. 00:06:10 — FIFA segment begins in earnest. Trump gets a red card overturned by calling his buddy the FIFA president. Ted Cruz thanks him out loud. The hosts establish FIFA as an affinity fraud operation masquerading as international goodwill. 00:15:30 — Pivot to Kara Krista. Former D1 basketball player from Estonia. $2.2 million fraud. He told one victim he would sell his organs to pay her back. Then he posed as his own mother asking for cancer treatment money. Then he invented a woman named Irene. 00:21:30 — Malik Beasley segment. Former NBA player. Allegedly agreed to manipulate his own stats in at least four games so an illegal gambling ring could cash out. He owed the ringleader millions in gambling debt. Six people charged, including wire fraud and money laundering. 00:28:00 — Ken Paxton segment. Texas AG voted in six elections while registered at an address he hasn't lived at since his divorce. Second-degree felony. He also spent the Fourth of July in London with his mistress. He cannot be stopped. He will not be stopped. 00:35:20 — Wrap and Patreon. Eric Adams deep dive is coming next week. Justin returns. Fraudwires will keep dropping throughout the season. Patreon: https://patreon.com/Fraudsters Follow The Show:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@fraudsterslpn Website:https://fraudsters.fm/    Follow the Hosts:   Seena: [https://instagram.com/seenanow Justin: https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy Ariel: [https://instagram.com/arielleaty Music Credit and Sound FX: https://twitter.com/gograntgordon   Season Cover Art by: Cierra Monico Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

  2. Episode 2

    Eric Adams – Part 1: For Turkey with Love

    In the first deep-dive of Season 6 – Seena, Ariel, and Justin discuss former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and his tenuous relationship with the truth. In Part One, we track his rise from a skateboarding (?), rat-owning (?) youth through his time in the NYPD, NY State Senate, and eventually all the way to City Hall where he proudly served the citizens of NYC (and Turkey). 00:04:20 — Eric Adams' origin story begins. Brownsville, Brooklyn, 1960. The absent father, the alcoholic butcher, the bag of clothes carried to school in case of eviction. The nail-studded bat.   00:07:10 — The Mickey incident. Adams and his brother rob a woman named Mickey, a dancer and part-time sex worker whose errands he'd been running. Later he claims he had a pet rat named Mickey. The hosts correctly identify this as a deliberate rewrite of his own biography.   00:09:00 — The precinct basement. Two white cops beat Adams and his brother on the groin and testicles specifically so the bruises won't show. A Black cop ends it. Adams sees the Black cop's power and wants it. This is his actual origin story.   00:22:40 — The One Brooklyn Fund. Adams creates a nonprofit as Borough President that functions as a shadow political operation — taking unlimited, undisclosed donations, routing Borough Hall rental fees into a private account, and using award galas where 70% of proceeds paid for the gala itself to build his future mayoral coalition.   00:34:30 — The Turkish connection begins. Two trips to Turkey arranged by a man whose explicit business was connecting Turkish corporations to influential politicians. Free business class tickets. The Cosmopolitan Suite at the St. Regis at a nearly 92% discount. An email claiming $10,000 in cash was left in a desk drawer. The cash did not exist.   00:39:50 — The straw donor scheme. Unable to take foreign campaign contributions legally, Adams is explicitly told by a Turkish entrepreneur that the donations will be funneled through American citizens. He says proceed. His staffers coordinate fake paper trails. Ten construction workers each donate $1,250, are secretly reimbursed, and the illegal donations unlock New York City's 8-to-1 public matching funds.   00:44:10 — The fire code favor. Turkey's $300 million Turkish House skyscraper needs to pass fire inspection for Erdogan's ribbon-cutting. It has significant fire code violations. Adams pressures the FDNY to approve it anyway. He texts about it. He does not delete the text. Ozgur tells him he is a true friend of Turkey. Adams responds: you are my brother.   Patreon: https://patreon.com/Fraudsters    Follow The Show:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/   Website: https://fraudsters.fm/    Follow the Hosts:   Seena: https://twitter.com/seenanow   Justin: https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy   Ariel: https://twitter.com/arielleaty      YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fraudsterslpn   Music Credit and Sound FX: https://twitter.com/gograntgordon   Season Cover Art by: Cierra Monico   Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Eric Adams – Part 1: For Turkey with Love

  3. Season 6 Trailer

    Season 6 - Trailer: The Villains

    Fraudsters is back with SEASON 6 - THE VILLAINS. We know, every season has villains, but this season will feel hit different: a crooked mayor, a deranged CEO, a children's show hellbent on hijacking YOUR kid's brain and a few more surprises. Seena, Justin, and Ariel are back! Expect deep dives mixed in with some Fraudwires so we can talk about the latest in what's frauding around the world. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Follow the Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/seenanow https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy https://www.instagram.com/arielleaty YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FraudstersLPN Music Credit and Sound Fx:https://instagram.com/gograntgordon Season Cover Art by: Cierra Monico Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Season 6 - Trailer: The Villains
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Fraudsters is a true-crime comedy docuseries. Comedians Seena Ghaznavi, JD, Justin Williams, PhD, and Ariel Leaty bring you the scams you love from the fraudsters we hate. Our show merges the chat-cast and the deep-dive to take a humorous look at fraudsters that abuse trust, distort reality, and take advantage of vulnerable people financially. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

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  • Channel
    SiriusXM Podcasts
  • Creator
    The Last Podcast Network
  • Episodes
    136
  • Seasons
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Fraudsters
  • Provider
    Sirius XM Radio Inc

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