Oh My Fraud

Two stories of people attempting to swindle Big Tech. 

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Over the course of Erik Lie’s career, seemingly small decisions have transformed into defining moments. Everything from leaving his native Norway to study at the University of Oregon, to a squash partner’s nudge that he pursue a career as a finance professor. But it was his choice of a research topic—executive compensation—that led to the most significant moment of all: uncovering one of the most explosive corporate scanda...

A scrappy Flemish speech recognition company tries to put its hometown on the global tech map.

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• (00:00) - A Pie to the Face
• (01:00) - Welcome to Oh My Fraud
• (06:00) - Welcome to Flanders, Belgium
• (07:30) - Meet the Founders: Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie
• (09:30) - The Dream of Voice Recognition
• (15:12) - Going Public...

Kim Sutherland has 14 different email addresses. She doesn’t suggest you do the same, but she does think a lot about fraud in her job as the Global Head of Fraud & Identity at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. As a follow-up to the last episode, Caleb and Kim discuss the various dimensions and the growing prevalence of reward point / loyalty fraud.

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• (00:00) - Introd...

Rewarding customer loyalty is probably as old as commerce. These days, consumers accumulate hundreds, thousands, sometimes even millions of points that can be used to acquire everything from their favorite drink, to airline tickets, or simply pay a balance on a credit card. The fact that these rewards have an intrinsic value is something many easily forget about, making them a great target for fraud.

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Following her sudden resignation, the longtime treasurer of a small Arizona county faces questions about her time in office.

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• (00:00) - An Unexpected Resignation
• (01:07) - Welcome to Oh My Fraud
• (03:23) - Listener Mail and Fraud Discussion
• (08:23) - Santa Cruz County Background
• (09:50) - Liz Gut Far's Career and Sudden Resignation
• (10:50) - Investigation and ...

When Johnathan Walton learned that his best friend had conned him out of nearly $100,000, his first instinct was a little unusual—he told anyone who would listen about what happened. The story that ensued consumed his life for several years, ultimately sending his career in unexpected directions, with a hit podcast, assisting other victims with their frauds, and now, his new book, Anatomy of a Con Artist.

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Caleb knew that if he could get Becca Platsky, the co-host of the Corporate Gossip Podcast, to come on Oh My Fraud, that they would have a lot to talk about. Becca and Caleb learn that they are kindred spirits, discussing their experiences not only as scorned CPAs, but as earnest gossip merchants. 

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• (00:00) - Introduction and CPE
• (00:43) - Discovering Corpor...

Carlos Watson, a charismatic, fast-rising media figure, strives to build a new kind of digital media company.

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• (00:00) - The Ozy Media Controversy Begins
• (04:51) - Carlos Watson's Early Life and Career
• (07:47) - The Birth of Ozy Media
• (08:51) - Challenges in Digital Media
• (16:47) - Ozy Media's Rise and Partnerships
• (24:54) - The Beginning of Ozy Media's D...

Omri Mor’s experience with technology and startups began early, being a kid and hanging out at Microsoft Israel where both his parents worked. Omri tells Caleb about his journey of growing up in Tel Aviv, working at his first startup when he was 18 to the conversation over hummus he had that led to the creation of Routable.

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For the last 25 years, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has collected reports from victims of online scams, and its latest annual report found that Internet-based fraud shows no signs of slowing down.

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An ambitious New Orleans banker gets in over his head.

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Jonathan Weil caught the journalism bug early. But it was his knack for spotting financial reporting sleight-of-hand that set him apart as a young reporter at the Wall Street Journal in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Caleb talks to Jon about the circumstances that led to him writing one of the earliest stories that questioned Enron’s accounting, his time peddling opinions as a columnist at Bloomberg, and his return to jou...

From Spanish Prisoners to Nigerian Princes, advance fee scams have endured for centuries, relying on victims to follow the same formula: pay first, regret later.

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• (00:00) - Introduction to Advanced Fee Scams
• (...

A respected leader of an Australian national search and rescue operation isn’t who he claims to be.

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• (00:00) - - Introduction to Richard Flanagan and John Friedrich
• (01:30) - - Welcome to Oh My Fraud
• (07:00) - - John Friedrich and the National Safety Council o...

In this bonus episode, Caleb and his producer, Zach, discuss the 2009 film The Informant! Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, The Informant! is based on the true story of a 90s-era price fixing scheme involving the multinational food processing and commodities trading giant, Archer-Daniels Midland.

• (00:00) - - Welcome to Oh My Fraud at the Movies
• (02:45) - - Introduction to "The Informant" (2009)...

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• (00:00) - Introduction and CPE Credit Information
• (01:30) - Welcome to Oh My Fraud
• (02:34) - Listener's Confession
• (06:15) - The Story of William Neil Gallagher Begins
• (08:07) - The Rise ...

A baseball superstar winds up in the middle of a gambling scandal.

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• (00:00) - Introduction: The Legend of Shohei Ohtani
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• (00:54) - Welcome to Oh My Fraud
• (01:44) - Listener Email: Adding Machines
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Jonathan Todd Schwartz was a heavyweight business manager to some of the biggest names in show business. But a crippling gambling addiction led to his embezzlement of millions of dollars from numerous clients, including the singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. Jonathan tells Caleb about his rise in entertainment, how it all fell apart, and how he has been working to seek forgiveness and redemption.

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