Oh My Fraud

"Oh My Fraud" is a podcast where the true crime is shocking, gruesome, heinous, but with way fewer dead bodies. Hosted by Caleb Newquist, each episode explores fraud cases from petty swindles to corporate conspiracies, examining the people involved, their motives, methods, and how they spent the loot before it all came to a spectacular, inevitable end.

Oh My Fraud is a comedy podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 125 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Oh My Fraud, a comedy show with 125 episodes published.

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  Episode #120

  A Fraud in the Woods

  Sep 23, 202647 min

  When confronted with irregularities in his employer’s books, an accountant goes into hiding. Sponsors Kick.co - https://ohmyfraud.promo/kick Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE Launch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE Download the app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app Questions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com . CONNECT WITH CALEB Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/ Sources: · End of the Trail: Fugitive Comptroller [ACFE Fraud Magazine] · Fugitive Spent Years Hiding on the Appalachian Trail [FBI] · FBI Announces Arrest of Fugitive Suspect James T. Hammes [FBI] · Former Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $8.7 Million from Employer [DOJ] · Former Fugitive Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison [DOJ] · Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator [BOP] · A Long Walk's End [SB Nation] · A Killer Hiding on the Appalachian Trail? [The Daily Beast] · Accountant who hid on Appalachian Trail jailed for embezzling millions from Pepsi bottler [Accounting Today] · Man facing $8.7M embezzlement case hid on Appalachian Trail [Associated Press] · Trail hiker pleads guilty to wire fraud in embezzling case [Associated Press] · Judge sentences trail-hiking fugitive to 8 years in prison [Associated Press] · Kentucky accountant who fled embezzlement case to appeal [Associated Press] · Man admits embezzling millions from Cincinnati employer [WLWT] · Lawyers: Appalachian Trail was client's 'road to redemption' [WLWT] · Man who hid on Appalachian Trail sentenced in $8.7M embezzlement case [WLWT] · Feds seek 7-year term for Milwaukee-native fugitive [Wisconsin Law Journal] · FBI Arrests Fugitive James Hammes at Trail Days [AppalachianTrail.com] · AT Thru-Hiker Bismarck Arrested at Trail Days on Embezzling Charges [The Trek] · James Hammes caught after hiding on the Appalachian Trail [TheJournal.ie] · American Greed: The Fugitives — "Deceitful Dad and the Missing Millions" [CNBC] · America's Most Wanted — Season 26, Episode 37 [America's Most Wanted] . A Long Walk's End [SB Nation]

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  Episode #118

  Fraudicide is Painless

  Aug 26, 202651 min

  The scion of a commodity trading fortune goes missing after his hedge fund implodes. Sponsors Kick.co - https://ohmyfraud.promo/kick Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE Launch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE Download the app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app Questions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com . CONNECT WITH CALEB Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/ Sources: Intro We had AI analyze 50 hours of sports on TV. t detected gambling ads everywhere. Has the marketing gone too far? [WaPo] Former JAFCU head, husband sued for allegedly embezzling $91M [WLBT3] Filings reveal former JAFCU head likely facing criminal charges [WLBT3] Sam Israel III Sam Israel Jr., a Leader In Coffee Trading, Dies [NYT] A Con Man Who Lives Between Truth and Fiction [NYT] Hennessee Group ~40 Clients/$56M [SEC Admin. Order, IA Release No. 2871] — https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2009/ia-2871.pdf Bayou 2003 Deposits Exceeded $125M [SEC Complaint, 05-CV-8376] — https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/complaints/comp19406.pdf Bayou Clawback 95 Adversary Proceedings [Bankruptcy Court Filing] — https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-nysb-7_06-ap-08422/pdf/USCOURTS-nysb-7_06-ap-08422-0.pdf Samuel Israel III [SEC Litigation Release] — https://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr19406.htm Samuel Israel III [SEC Press Release] — https://www.sec.gov/news/press/2005-139.htm Bayou Group [CFTC Press Release] — https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5121-05 Samuel Israel III [DOJ Sentencing Release] — https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nys/pressreleases/April08/israelsamuelsentencepr.pdf Bayou Victims Forfeiture [DOJ Release] — https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/victims-bayou-hedge-funds-receive-another31-million-forfeited-assets-including-millions James Marquez Co-Founder [InvestmentNews] — https://investmentnews.com/industry-news/news/bayou-mastermind-gets-20-year-sentence-14877 James Marquez Sentencing [InvestmentNews] — https://www.investmentnews.com/industry-news/news/former-bayou-ceo-sentenced-to-jail-13386 Samuel Israel III Manhunt [Fox News] — https://www.foxnews.com/story/hedge-fund-swindler-admits-staging-suicide-to-avoid-jail Samuel Israel III Sentencing [Fox News] — https://www.foxnews.com/story/hedge-fund-swindler-gets-more-prison-time-for-trying-to-avoid-20-year-sentence.amp Samuel Israel III Surrender [NBC News] — https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna25495609 Samuel Israel III Disappearance [CBS News] — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-hedge-fund-swindler-no-suicide The Search for a Missing Trader Goes Global [New York Times] — https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/14/business/14bayou.html Did Fees at Bayou Overwhelm Diligence? [New York Times] — https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/business/did-fees-at-bayou-overwhelm Clues to a Hedge Fund's Collapse [New York Times] — https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/17/business/clues-to-a-hedge-funds-collapse Several Prominent Firms Invested in Bayou Hedge Funds [WSJ] — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112536690332726357 State May Have $100 Million Of Bayou Funds [WSJ] — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112541229967826650 Spotting a Bayou Before You Fall Into It [WSJ] — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112544063792727124 Bayou Is Probed as Investors Seek Their Cash [WSJ] — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112493803797122773 Suits Target Fund's Early Pullouts [WSJ] — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115621287849341876 Bayou Investors Who Got Out Early Lose Their Bid [WSJ] — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118679292540994807 Hedge-Fund Havoc: Missing Cash And a Principal's Suicide Note [WSJ] — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112509707359124571 Robert Booth Nichols $10M Docket [CourtListener] — https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4334434/united-states-v-israel-iii/ Robert Booth Nichols Deposition [Archive.org] — https://archive.org/stream/RobertBoothNicholsDepositionSamIsraelCase/Robert+Booth+Nichols+deposition+-+Sam+Israel+case_djvu.txt Hennessee Group Enforcement Action [SEC] — https://www.se...

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  Episode #117

  Here Be Fraud (and Mosquitos)

  Aug 12, 202645 min

  A flamboyant adventurer known for exaggerating his military exploits returns to Great Britain with tales of a new land of opportunity on the Mosquito Coast. Sponsors C&R Consulting - https://ohmyfraud.promo/cnr Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE Launch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE Download the app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app Questions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com . CONNECT WITH CALEB Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/ Sources: Did you read? [r/portlandia] Gregor MacGregor [Wikipedia] The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History [Sinclair, David (2004)] David Sinclair - The Sun sub who became a prolific author [The Guardian] Amelia Island affair [Wikipedia] Memoirs of Gregor M'Gregor [Rafter, M. (1820)] Proceedings of an Inquiry and Investigation instituted by Major-General Codd, His Majesty's Superintendent and commander-in-chief at Belize, Honduras, Relative to Poyais [Daniel Crouch Rare Books] Gregor McGregor and the Colonization of Poyais, between 1820 and 1824 [The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov., 1927), pp. 438-459 via JSTOR] The king of con-men [The Economist via Wayback Machine] List of ships of the Poyais scheme [Wikipedia] Poyais land grant for 60 acres from Gregor MacGregor, April 1834 [University of Edinburgh] Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, Including the Territory of Poyais [Daniel Crouch Rare Books] Poyais Loan No. A551 One Hundred Pounds. [Daniel Crouch Rare Books] Poyaisian Royalty: A George IV silver seal box, John Jago, London, 1823 [Sotheby’s]

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  Episode #116

  LA Fraud Confidential

  Jul 29, 20261 hour

  Christopher Derry spent 36 years working for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, 17 as a detective in fraud and cyber crime. Over that time, he’s seen a lot and learned a lot about why people commit fraud, how far they’ll go to keep it going, and what they’ll do to avoid being caught. Sponsors C&R Consulting - https://ohmyfraud.promo/cnr Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE Launch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE Download the app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app Questions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com . CONNECT WITH CALEB Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/

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  Episode #115

  Meet the Equity Funding Insider Who Created Thousands of Fake Insurance Policies

  Jul 15, 20261h 23m

  In his senior year at UCLA, Alan L. Green secured an internship as an actuary with Equity Funding, a fast-growing financial conglomerate. Only a short time later, he was invited to play a small part in a fraud that would eventually be exposed as one of the biggest corporate scandals of the 20th century. Sponsors C&R Consulting - https://ohmyfraud.promo/cnr Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE Launch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE Download the app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app Questions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com . CONNECT WITH CALEB Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnewquist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/ Resources Billion Dollar Bubble (1978) [YouTube] I led 66,000 Lives [Rolling Stone]

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