Podcast White Collar Crimes

He was a powerful, wealthy New York real estate attorney that seemed to have it all. But his addiction to Demerol and OxyContin would cost him his marriage, finances, and his legal career. He was disbarred and had nowhere to turn after his release from prison. Rather than let it bring him down, he began focusing on helping counsel drug addicts and …

He built a real estate empire and had good political connections along the way. But some of his illegal activities would land him behind bars. Pardoned by former president Trump, will he resume his empire with a new fresh start? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

They've been around forever and conned countless people out of their hard-earned money. What are the warning signs of a pyramid scheme? What is the difference between a pyramid scheme and multi-level marketing? Tune in to find out! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

He served his country in the U.S. Army and his community with the Fox Lake Police Department. He was a pilar of the community and a hero to area youth who often referred to him as "G.I. Joe." After he was thought to have been slain in the line of duty, he was hailed a national hero. But an investigation quickly showed him to be a fraud involved in …

He started out as a lawyer in private practice and had a quiet first 15 years of his career. But he would soon find a way to funnel honest money from his clients into his own personal account. Hear how Scott Rothstein committed what was at the time, the largest Ponzi Scheme in history. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh…

Who could forget the outrageous ads we used to see in comic book? X-Ray vision glasses, money-making machines, and who could forget Sea Monkeys! But were some of these deliberate attempts to scam children? Did they pave the way for many of the cyber scams we see today? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christoph…

In the 1980's, Steve Comisar began his fraud career by selling the "solar powered clothes dryer" in national magazines. Buyers quickly found out they were duped into his scam when it turned out to only be a clothesline. His many other scams landed him in and out of prison. With ties to the entertainment industry, he would even cry out to friend, di…

Imagine working your whole life only to find out at retirement your pension is gone and has been raided. That is exactly what happened to many hardworking folks in New York Local 147- also known as the Sandhogs. Ms. King furnished a lavish lifestyle with the money she embezzled, including millions on fancy horses. Hear the sad story how her greed v…

Sheldon Silver rose among the ranks of the New York General Assembly to become one of its most notorious and powerful speakers. He was known for his iron-fisted, almost dictator-like style. But the power went to his head and he used his power to line his pockets and personal empowerment. Hear the downfall of one of New York's most powerful politici…

Martin Frankel was a fraudster that would stop at nothing to scam investors. Whether it involved using aliases or fleeing the country, Martin Frankel would stop at nothing to scam investors. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

When he retired in 1986, he was baseball's all-time hit king. But a gambling addiction and tax evasion problems earned him a permanent ban from the Baseball Hall of Fame. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

Today, in South Carolina, disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life for the murders of his son and wife. Now he is facing 100 possible counts of various white-collar crimes. What will this sentence mean to those cases? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

On Thursday, March 2, 2023, a South Carolina jury found disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. He is also still facing a slew of financial crimes. Hear the latest in this deadly case of greed and gluttony. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

Shalom Weiss targeted elderly victims in his insurance Ponzi scheme, ripping many off of over $450 million. He fled the country before being sentenced to a staggering 845 years, the longest ever for a white-collar crime. He was captured and returned to the United States. But would he pay his debt to society and his victims? --- Support this podcast…

Paul Curry let everyone know how smart he was. He claimed to be a Mensa member and have a physics degree. He used his intelligence to charm Linda Kinkade to marry him. Sadly, she did not see his deadly intentions until it was too late. Hear how his lust for the almighty dollar resulted in murder. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify…

Craig and Stefanie Rabinowitz were seen as a young, Philadelphia power couple. She was an attorney and he was seen as the sole proprietor of a success latex glove business. But things were not as they seemed. Craig was running a Ponzi scheme with this business to furnish an area stripper with lavish gifts. Hear how lust and greed led him to commit …

He has been described as someone with "no redeeming qualities." He scammed thousands of terminal and dying patients as well as his investors. A Ponzi Scheme that would pull in over a billion dollars of fraudulent money. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

He comes from a wealthy and powerful legal family in South Carolina. But now, Attorney Alex Murdaugh is facing a double murder case as well as a slew of white-collar crime charges. Hear the latest update on this explosive case. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

Like Meyer Lansky in the United States, George Freeman used his brains and a keen business sense to become a very powerful organized crime figure in Australia. Like Lansky, he was able to evade law enforcement and violence from other organized crime rivals. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/supp…

He was the brains behind the mob's business-like ways. Unlike many mobsters, Lansky never did time behind bars nor was he taken out on a contract hit. Hear the story of the man who became known as, "The Mob's Accountant." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

She was the lover and partner-in-crime of sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The two made an enormous fortune sex-trafficking children and possibly blackmailing the world's wealthy and elite. Hear how she was brought to justice. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

He was the lover and business partner of Theranos with Elizabeth Holmes. He amassed a great fortune as the company's president. But, as luck ran out fot Ms. Holmes, such would be the case for Mr. Bulwani. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

The latest on Idaho College Murder Suspect Bryan Christopher Kohberger taken into custody on December 30, 2022. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

Update: Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been released on bail. Hear the latest update. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

FTX cryptocurrency fraud suspect has been arrested in the Bahamas and is awaiting extradition to the United States on federal charges including fraud and wire fraud. Hear the current updates as well as the reported odd behavior of his parents at his bail hearing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-hor…

He was perhaps the most prolific child sex trafficker in the world that had strangely obtained a massive amount of wealth. Even stranger was his reported suicide from a New York jail while awaiting human trafficking charges. Hear the story of a man that personifies evil. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christo…

They were reality tv stars and perceived real estate tycoons. But Todd and Julie Chrisley were fraudulently financing their lavish lifestyle to uphold an image and tv show. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

She was seen as an innovator, with the supposedly groundbreaking Theranos testing system. But the company's claims did not past scientific scrutiny and it would be discovered she defrauded investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

Sam Bankman-Fried has possibly been running one of the biggest Ponzi schemes ever through his cryptocurrency giant, FTX. A scandal involving American political elites and possibly the Ukrainian government. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

He was an early founder of the internet company, EarthLink, and a minister with the Church of Scientology. But his Ponzi scheme would victimize his associates of both as well as numerous investors. Listen how a Scientology minister would pull off one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American history. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spot…

Breaking: Last week, former CBS executive Les Moonves was fined $30.5 million for insider trading. Moonves was fired in 2018 when allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment began to surface. This is an update on an ongoing development. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

He was a fugitive that fled to Switzerland and Europe to avoid prosecution for a massive amount of white-collar crimes. But his enormous wealth would buy him a full presidential pardon, never to see a day in jail. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

People in desperate financial situations will often take out loans that will be difficult for them to pay back. Many of these loans have extremely high interest rates and other hazardous terms. Listen here how Scott Tucker made a fortune preying on many people in dire situations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rya…

Though one of the richest men in the world, his wealth was not enough to satisfy him, and he became involved in many of the securities-related scandals of the 1980s. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

She was a giant in cooking and home etiquette with a wholesome image to match. But, criminal charges of insider trading would jeopardize all of that. Hear her case here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

We all know the famous line from Gordan Gekko, played by Michael Douglas in the movie, Wall Street. Greed is good." But do you know the story behind the man that inspired the character and quote? Listen as we tell the story of insider trading criminal, Ivan Boesky. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-h…

Recently, it was reported Bed Bath and Beyond CEO Gustavo Arnal committed suicide by jumping to his death from the famous Jenga Building in New York. This was about a week after a lawsuit was filed against him and co-defendant Ryan Cohen, alleging they were running a pump-and-dump scheme. Here the latest details here. --- Support this podcast: http…

He was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 90s and early 2000s. But his failure to file his taxes landed him in hot water with the IRS. Hear how the his tax battle with the IRS became his most challenging role yet!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

Iowa is not a location one would expect to witness a white-collar crime. But tiny Postville, Iowa, would become the center of attention when federal immigration authorities raided a kosher slaughterhouse there exposing horrid working conditions and the exploitation of illegal immigration labor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c…

People investing in wine should have patience for the long term. But, even in the patient wine business, investors became fed up with John Fox and Premier Cru Wines for failing to deliver promised elite wines. Listen how John Fox was able to pull off the nation's largest wine Ponzi scheme for over 20 years. --- Support this podcast: https://podcast…

How well do you trust your bank? In 2016, financial giant Wells Fargo was exposed when employees were using customer identifications to open fraudulent accounts all to hit insanely high sales goals. Just recently, banking giant US Bank was exposed for the exact same scandal. How might this change the banking image? --- Support this podcast: https:/…

Tipping the scales between 650-700 lbs, Scolnick is the largest white-collar criminal featured on this podcast and most likely ever. He was a master scammer involved in a litany of schemes. Hear the story now on the man known as "Cherry Hills Fats." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

In the late 1990's, Samuel Israel III rose to riches with his fraudulent hedge fund, the Bayou Hedge Fund Group. After being sentenced to 20 years for scamming $300 million from investors, he would later stage a fake suicide to avoid reporting to prison. A stunt that would lead to a nationwide manhunt and a feature on the show, America's Most Wante…

Barry Minkow was a high school whiz kid that became an overnight celebrity starting a carpet cleaning business in the family garage before he was even old enough to drive. But his greed to keep his many scams going would cause him to even steal jewelry from his own grandmother. After prison, he would prove to be unchanged continuing to run scams as…

Rumeal Robinson was born in Jamacia and moved to Boston with his mother as a child. She abandoned him when he was only 10. He was taken in and adopted by local respected couple Helen and Lou Ford. He rose to fame in college and professional basketball. But his reckless spending and lifestyle left him broke. He would even scam his own adoptive paren…

He pulled off one of the most prolific scams of the 20th century by fraudulently selling the Eiffel Tower. A master swindler known as well for cunning counterfeit scams. Hear how his disloyalty to his mistress brought about his downfall. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support…

If you turned on a radio or TV in the late 90's through early 2000s, you most likely heard one of the acts he produced, such as the The Backstreet Boys. But Pearlman financially exploited them and many acts he represented stealing as much as $300 million from them. Hear the story of the man believed to have pulled off the biggest Ponzi scheme in en…

The University of Louisville Men's Basketball program has a proud tradition including three NCAA national titles. But the 2013 NCAA title would be vacated when it was revealed the program enlisted the services of a madam to entice recruits with sex. Hear how they became the first team to ever have a championship vacated by the NCAA. --- Support thi…

Despite growing up in a life of wealth and privilege, Jack Ambramoff's greed would propel him to become involved in various lobbying scams for everything from Native American casinos to cryptocurrency. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ryan-christopher-horn/support

Dr Farid Fata was a well-respected cancer doctor that treated thousands in his seven Detroit area clinics. But sadly, many chemo treatments he prescribed were not needed as many of his victims did not even have cancer. Hear how this evil doctor falsely diagnosed cancer to line his own pockets. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.co…