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Archive Episode: Dr. Rotten: Can Medicare Fraud Give You Cancer? Part 2
In this 2019 episode, when oncologist Soe Maunglay moves to Michigan, he's excited to join Farid Fata's practice. But Fata's controlling and odd ways…
4 years, 5 months ago
Archive Episode: Dr. Rotten: Can Medicare Fraud Give You Cancer? Part 1
In this 2019 episode, a bustling oncology practice in Michigan is hiding something sinister. Patients come to Farid Fata at their most vulnerable, af…
4 years, 5 months ago
When the Scam Catcher Is the Scammer: Government Impostors
Episode 110
When 96-year-old Mary steps off the plane in California for a vacation with her sisters, her niece can tell that something isn't right. Her normally …
4 years, 6 months ago
Archive Holiday Special: The 1920s Santa Claus Scam
In this 2019 episode, journalist Alex Palmer tells the story of his great-granduncle, colorful conman John Duval Gluck, who created the Santa Claus A…
4 years, 6 months ago
Miami Property Scammers, Part 2
Episode 109
When Shirley Gibson learns that her property in Miami's historic West Grove neighborhood has been sold by someone using a forged deed, she is determi…
4 years, 7 months ago
Miami Property Scammers, Part 1
Episode 108
Miami's historic West Grove neighborhood has recently become a hot real estate market. So hot, in fact, that it has attracted the attention of scamme…
4 years, 7 months ago
Knock Knock, Where's My Puppy?
Episode 107
Rochelle scores a great deal on a house in northern Virginia, only to have her dream home transformed a few months later into Pet Scam Central. Day a…
4 years, 7 months ago
Oil Tycoon Con Artist Steals More Than Hearts, Part 2
Episode 106
Young ICU nurse Whitney Kirkpatrick's life is turned upside down when the police show up at her door looking for her boyfriend of nine months, Gregor…
4 years, 7 months ago
Oil Tycoon Con Artist Steals More Than Hearts, Part 1
Episode 105
Recent graduate Whitney Kirkpatrick is starting her career as a nurse when she meets Gregory Thomas, young and driven, and already the CEO of an oil …
4 years, 8 months ago
One Daughter's Fight Against Charity Fraud
Episode 104
When her parents begin to show signs of memory decline, Kay Bransford steps in to help manage their finances. She quickly discovers a caregiver's nig…
4 years, 8 months ago