Oh My Fraud

In the 1990s, a blimp enthusiast with a checkered business record inexplicably dominates pop music by assembling not one but two boy bands.SponsorsFishbowl - https://ohmyfraud.promo/fishbowl Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email [email protected] WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SOURCES:Lou Pearlman [Wikipedia]Baron Blimp Lou Pearlman, head of Airship International Ltd., is fulfilling adolescent dreams of glory [Sports Illustrated]Lou Pearlman, Boy Band Impresario, Blimp Tycoon, and Bunco Artist, Dead at 62 [Slate]How Lou Pearlman used Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC to lure people into massive Ponzi scheme [ABC News]*NSYNC, O-Town members on learning the truth about Lou Pearlman [ABC News]*NSYNC vs. Backstreet Boys: The True Story Behind Their Epic Boy Band Rivalry [E! Online]Lance Bass on the 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys rivalry: 'The animosity was real' [Yahoo Entertainment]Backstreet Boys Turn 25: Untold Stories [Entertainment Tonight]Lou Pearlman Ran 1 of America's Biggest Ponzi Schemes [A&E]Pop Dreams and Ponzi Schemes [Schneider Downs]The "Con" in Trans Continental: Lou Pearlman [Gavin P. Smith]AS HE RAN, CASE WAS BUILT [Tampa Bay Times]IN JAIL AND ON THE PHONE, LOU PEARLMAN REVERSES THE CHARGES [Tampa Bay Times]Victims who lost millions in Pearlman Ponzi scheme could recover a pittance [WFTV]Backstreet Boys' Lou Pearlman's Prison Interview: My Ponzi Scheme Was Smarter Than Madoff's [The Hollywood Reporter]Lou Pearlman Dead: Remembering the Ponzi Schemer Who Spawned the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync and More [The Hollywood Reporter]Lou Pearlman, disgraced creator of 'NSync and Backstreet Boys, dies [NBC News]Netflix's 'Dirty Pop' exposes Lou Pearlman's deceptive role in 'NSYNC and Backstreet Boys' fame [MSNBC]The True Story of Lou Pearlman in 'Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam' [Netflix Tudum]The True Story Behind Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam [TIME]10 Most Shocking Reveals From Netflix's Dirty Pop [Screen Rant]The Biggest Revelations From Dirty Pop [Den of Geek]Mad About the Boys [Vanity Fair]Inside the rise and fall of the record store chain Tower Records [Clicktrack]Viewpoint: The Backstreet Boys phenomenon [BYU Daily Universe]Remembering Lou Pearlman: The Ponzi Schemer Who Spawned the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC & More [Billboard]The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story [YouTube Originals]The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History — Tyler Gray

To help his down-and-out Ohio hometown, an unassuming entrepreneur builds a fast-growing chain of discount drugstores. SponsorsFishbowl -  https://ohmyfraud.promo/fishbowl Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email [email protected] WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/Sources:Phar-Mor [Wikipedia]Michael I. Monus [Wikipedia]World Basketball League [Wikipedia]Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. [Wikipedia]PricewaterhouseCoopers [Wikipedia]How to Steal $500 Million [PBS Frontline]How to Steal $500 Million — Transcript [PBS Frontline]Mickey's Secret Life [Newsweek]Rockies born of Monus' work, but he never saw his baby grow up [ESPN]Souls of the departed haunt Youngstown [ESPN]How Phar-Mor Came Tumbling Down [Business Journal Daily]Phar-Mor Reorganizes as Monus Goes to Prison [Business Journal Daily]Jury Disagrees on All 126 Counts Against Fired Phar-Mor President [Deseret News]Convicted Drugstore Embezzler Now Accused of Jury Tampering [Deseret News]

The Catholic Church’s financial entanglements draw scrutiny after a banker is found hanging under a bridge.SponsorsWurthy - https://ohmyfraud.promo/wurthy (00:00) - Body Under Blackfriars (00:47) - Welcome to Oh My Fraud (04:43) - Meet Roberto Calvi (07:10) - Vatican Bank Ties (12:55) - Offshore Web And Scrutiny (17:47) - Circular Money And Conviction (22:35) - Flight And Bridge Death (26:17) - Bigger Web Vatican P2 (33:04) - Collapse And Missing Billions (39:24) - Murder Mystery And Trials (41:42) - Lessons And Wrap Up Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email [email protected] WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SOURCES: Roberto Calvi [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_CalviBanco Ambrosiano [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_AmbrosianoMichele Sindona [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_SindonaPropaganda Due [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_DueLicio Gelli [Wikipedia] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licio_GelliScandal at the Pope's Bank [TIME, July 1982] — https://time.com/archive/6856828/scandal-at-the-popes-bank/Italy: The Great Vatican Bank Mystery [TIME, September 1982] — https://time.com/archive/6697494/italy-the-great-vatican-bank-mystery/The Vatican Hiding Behind the Walls [TIME, March 1987] — https://time.com/archive/6708575/the-vatican-hiding-behind-the-walls/Four indicted in '82 death of 'God's banker' [NBC News, 2005] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7546141All acquitted in 'God's banker' murder trial [NBC News, 2007] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna1907539523 years on, five stand trial for death of 'God's banker' [Irish Times, 2005] — https://www.irishtimes.com/news/23-years-on-five-stand-trial-for-death-of-god-s-banker-1.502326Roberto Calvi: Who Killed God's Banker? [OwlCation/The CrimeWire] — https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/Who-Killed-Gods-BankerThe mysterious death of 'God's Banker' [Crime+Investigation UK] — https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/roberto-calvis-mysterious-deathRoberto Calvi [Forensic Cold Case Murder Investigation] — https://www.forensic-access.co.uk/cold-cases/roberto-calvi/The Vatican Bank Scandal [Christianity Today, 1982] — https://www.christianitytoday.com/1982/09/vatican-bank-scandal/Vatican Bank mired in laundering scandal [NBC News/AP, 2010] — https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40628315Liquidators and creditors of the failed Banco Ambrosiano [UPI Archives, 1984] — https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/25/Liquidators-and-creditors-of-the-failed-Banco-Ambrosiano-of/8243454305600/

Two more tales of celebrities betrayed by the very people they entrusted to manage their vast fortunes.SponsorsWurthy - https://partners.wurthy.co/UNC - https://ohmyfraud.promo/UNC Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email [email protected] WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/SourcesDuncan gives ex-money man a dressing down [San Antonio Express-News]Feds charge — and sue — Tim Duncan's former financial adviser [MySA]Tim Duncan's ex-financial adviser sentenced to 4 years in wire fraud case [KSAT]Financial adviser who swindled Tim Duncan out of millions gets 4 years in prison [News4SanAntonio]Tim Duncan on losing $20M to financial advisor betrayal [Basketball Network]Charles Banks, Winery Owner and Former Financial Advisor to Tim Duncan, Is Indicted in Federal Court [Wine Spectator]The Curious Case of Charles Augustus Banks IV [NorthBay Biz]Terroir Capital's Charles Banks Likely Out of Wine Business For Good [Wine Enthusiast]United States v. Banks IV (2018) [FindLaw / 5th Circuit]Litigation Release re: Charles A. Banks [SEC.gov]Judge Drops Theft Charges Against Stan Lee's Ex-Manager After Jury Deadlocks [Variety]Stan Lee's Daughter Settles Lawsuit Against Memorabilia Manager [Variety]Stan Lee estate settles suit against ex-business manager [Hollywood Reporter]Marvel Comics Mogul Stan Lee's Former Manager Keya Morgan [NBC News]Stan Lee's Business Partner Keya Morgan Arrested for Alleged Elder Abuse [E! News]Keya Morgan, former business manager for Stan Lee, pleads not guilty to elder abuse [ABC15 Arizona]Stan Lee's Ex-Manager Keya Morgan's Criminal Charges Dismissed [MovieWeb]Stan Lee's Former Business Manager Charged With Elder Abuse [The Forward]What Happened to Stan Lee's Ex-Business Manager Keya Morgan After 2019 Arrest [FandomWire]Stan Lee Abduction, Abuse, Theft of $5,000,000 Assets... [Bleeding Cool]Stan Lee Fast Facts [CNN]Jock tax [Wikipedia]Tim Duncan [Wikipedia]

David Sirota had no idea that getting assigned to a little-known congressman from New England would end up shaping the rest of his life. That New England congressman was Bernie Sanders, and David quickly learned why our political and economic systems work the way they do, and that it’s no accident. Caleb talks to David about his life and career, how corruption entrenched itself in our lives, and the one indulgence that is capable of corrupting him. SponsorsWurthy - https://partners.wurthy.co/UNC - https://ohmyfraud.promo/UNCCONNECT WITH DAVIDhttps://www.davidsirota.com/https://x.com/davidsirota Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CELaunch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CEDownload the app:Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.appQuestions? Need help? Email [email protected] WITH CALEBLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/Sources:French biathlete guilty of fraud wins Olympic gold while scammed teammate comes 80th [Guardian]David Sirota [Wikipedia]Master Plan [The Lever]The Lever