It’s another week- come back onboard the crazy train! We keep grinding deeper into the journey of Mr. Cruz, the ultimate grifter and his bizarre world of deception and campaign fraud. Thankfully, we are joined by Professor Lawrence Lessig who helps us wrap our heads around how this all came to fruition. Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanow https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy/ https://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow the show join the discord: Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT W...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanow https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy/ https://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow the show join the discord: Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrg Intro Music Credit and Sound Fx: https://twitter.com/gograntgordon Season Cover Art by: https://comedyartwork.com...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanow https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy/ https://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow the show join the discord: Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrg Intro Music Credit and Sound Fx: https://twitter.com/gograntgordon Season Cover Art by: https://comedyartwork.com...
Nov 15, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 74
Hello Fraudstans! It’s voting day- let’s kick it off by diving into the bizarre world of Donald J. Trump and his campaign fraud. In this first episode we explore the insane journey via WWF wrestling and scams that catapulted Trump into the American mainstream to become the former President of the United States. We check in with @benkissel1 , @travisirvineusa , and @maelstronando of Abe Lincoln’s Top Hat to unravel Trump’s grand fraud journey….Welcome to the Woke Dome everybody. Follow Us: https:...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 73
Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanow https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy/ https://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow the show join the discord: Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrg Intro Music Credit and Sound Fx: https://twitter.com/gograntgordon Season Cover Art by: https://comedyartwork.com...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 72
Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanow https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy/ https://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow the show join the discord: Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrg Intro Music Credit and Sound Fx: https://twitter.com/gograntgordon Season Cover Art by: https://comedyartwork.com/ Subscri...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 71
Follow Us: https://twitter.com/seenanow https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy/ https://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow the show join the discord: Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwl8sDTVEAxhwJdYgm-yrg Intro Music Credit and Sound Fx: https://twitter.com/gograntgordon Season Cover Art by: https://comedyartwork.com...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Welcome to our last Fraudwire before Season 3! This week Justin was on vacation, but we were able to invite Ariel Leaty back and Charles McBee. We had to bring up Ye again, because we couldn’t avoid talking about that mud-way Tecmo Bowl Balenciaga video? And staying within the family Kim Kardashian got fined by the SEC for pumping a crypto, and guess what, when the fine got announced, the crypto spiked! The irony of crypto markets continue… Then we run through a list of celebs who have got in tr...
Oct 07, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Rounding into October with another Fraudwire and this time we've got the great Ed Larson from The Bright Side joining us. This week we cover Kanye West's new Donda Academy - have you read their Non-Discrimination Policy? It's very robust! And who woulda thought that the NY Attorney General is serving up not only Trump but the entire family with a fraud investigation (of course everyone but Tiffany). As always we rock a crypto story and finish up with a delicious story about the deli in New Jerse...
Sep 30, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 68
We're back with more Fraudwire! This week we cover Brett Farvre and the biggest welfare scam in Mississippi history, a woman in Florida who was deemed the Mother Theresa of her community when in reality she was running a nearly $200m ponzi scheme, EY is finally breaking up their auditing and consulting business, and we learned that if Steve Harvey isn't showing up at your door then it's NOT Publishers Clearing House! Seena Ghaznavi and Justin Williams are joined by comedian Brendan Fitzgibbons.S...
Sep 17, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 65
Our latest Fraudwire before the end of summer break at LPN. This week we cover Juicyfields.io - a hybrid cannabis and crypto scam where people could "invest" in different grows of their favorite weed strains. There is a special place in hell for those that defraud around the sweet sinsemilla. And have you ever heard of the Carried Interest loophole? It's one of those things you hear in the news, but wtf is it all about? We do a quick dive into that and who is holding up congress for it. In phish...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 64
Breaking news from the #fraudwire discord - Steven Seagal is in east Ukraine repping the Russians and throwing shade on everyone but the fascists. We also cover a Trump-supporting clothing brand that was ripping tags off their clothing to restamp them as Made in America, and as always a bit from cryptoland - Tornado Cash is a mixer that was laundering money for North Korean hackers... WE ARE SHOCKED. And finally - we are ashamed we missed this story earlier, but we have a full update on PINK SAU...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 63
Who would've thought those loot boxes in video games that make kids (and many adults) dump millions to get the latest 'skin' - well the EU is looking at their exploitative practices. The big news though is from the scientific community where a foundational research paper for Alzheimer's turned out to be deliberately fraudulent. Shaun King is at it again, getting his progressive PAC to buy a $40,000 dog - too bad he returned it bc it had 'too much energy.' OR maybe the dog was asking for RECEIPTS...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 62
We're back with another installment of our livestream. This week we are joined by our guests, Amber Nelson, co-host of The Brighter Side and Someplace Underneath podcasts, as well as Ariel Leaty comedian and fraud enthusiast! In this episode, we cover Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman's latest scam... a To Catch a Predator show based in DC where they convinced an OnlyFans model to pose as underage girl in the hopes of catching one DC's elite - instead the production crew got marooned in an Airbnb and ...
Jul 29, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 61
Jason Selvig (@JasonSelvig) and Davram Stiefler (@davramdavram) join Seena and Justin to talk about their time at the NRA convention where Wayne LaPierre was reelected this year despite all...that...fraud. The series wraps without anything close to a happy ending because this episode is coming out the day after July 4th where there were multiple shootings around the country. And every time it happens, people like Wayne LaPierre and the NRA get stronger. Doing comedy around the Second Amendment a...
Jul 05, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 59
This week Seena and Justin continue exploring the inner-workings of the NRA and Wayne LaPierre was able to consolidate power while getting private planes, trips to the Bahamas, and safaris around the world all paid by the NRA or gifted by NRA vendors... who were also paid by the NRA. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Is the Second Amendment, a fraud? For this episode, we discuss how the Second Amendment has been distorted throughout the years. Also, we go through the NRA’s evolution and recall some of Wayne LaPierre's most memorable fraudster moves! Our guest is none other than writer, host and co-creator of Studio 360, and super New Yorker, Kurt Andersen, who shares with us how his book, Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire, became a reality. Tune in as we address how America got armed, how it happened, an...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 57
It’s the season finale series and we cannot get enough of Wayne LaPierre and the NRA! But first, let’s talk about the Second Amendment. What was its original intent? How did it get weaponized? We go through some of its backstory to understand where it all comes from, specifically how slavery was actually the real motivation behind the drafting of the Second Amendment. Also, we talk about militias. Who were these guys in the militias? Were they all Rambos? Why did they play a key role in the crea...
Jun 14, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 56
We are doing a whole episode on poop. Yes, you read that right, poop, and the startup built on it: uBiome. In this episode, we talk about how Jessica Richman and Zachary Apte scammed people with the promise of improving their health. The startup got to a point where it was worth $600 million dollars. Oh sh*t! But how did they manage to do it? Where did they get the money? How far can a pair of fraudsters go? Tune in and find out how data and citizen science can take a nasty turn if they fall int...
Jun 07, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 55
Sit down Shaun! In this episode, we continue talking about the “progressive” fraudster: Shaun King. Hidden behind an altruistic facade on social media, Shaun King manages to scam millions through ‘fundraising’ and ‘charitable causes’. Not only has he taken advantage of social movements but also cyberbullied people that questioned his actions. Journalist Ernest Owens tells us how King targeted him and several other colleagues. Join us as we try to find out what is the truth behind Shaun King, how...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 54
In this Race Hustler series fifth episode we talk about everything that went wrong with Shaun King’s Justice Together donation management, delving on the former members’ open letters that revealed he tried to centralize donor support and accused every person who didn’t agree with him to be a white supremacist or a troll. Did he take accountability? How did he react? The answer is just absurd. TIMESTAMPS (4:20) - Picking up from where we left off: When Shaun King fundraised in the name of Tamir R...
May 24, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Presenting today’s race hustler Shaun King! With his altruistic personality and charitable causes, he will convince you to donate. But where is all this money going? Who is Shaun King? Where did he come from? How did he get to where he is? In this episode, we go through some of King’s most iconic scams! Such a professional in the field. From building a house in Haiti to raising money for a family that actually never got it. Join as we search for the Shaun King RECEIPTS! TIMESTAMPS (02:47) - Pres...
May 17, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 52
It’s our last episode about Steven Seagal, and honestly, we’re thrilled to be finally done with it! We don’t want to hear to another of his albums or watch one of his movies. It’s been three episodes on him when it was supposed to be one! Why? Well isn’t it clear? Tune in, because in this episode we listen to the exquisite lyrics from his second album and look back on his straight-to-DVD movies. Of course, Seagal is an equal opportunity cultural appropriator and we’ll see him as a Deputy Sheriff...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 51
It’s the second part of our most quintessential race hustler, Steve Seagal. We start right where we left off: the 90s! Steven Seagal can do no wrong, all his movies are hits! In this episode, we see him as a director (we know, crazy!), a catastrophic SNL host, and singer. We’re reluctant to say it, but he might actually be good at the guitar. But this show is not about talent, it’s about race hustlers! So, what cultures will he appropriate this time? Tune in and find out! TIMESTAMPS (02:24) - It...
May 03, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 50
We're kicking off this Race Hustlers series with the King of Appropriate, the Master of Elbow Breaks, and the Sultan of Lies - Steven Seagal! Tune in to find out who Seagal was before stardom, how he got to Hollywood, and the beginning of the end. Also, this episode’s guest is Rob from McDojoLife who explains to us the art of Aikido. This is the definitive Fraudsters breakdown of one of the world’s most recognizable action movie stars… who is completely full of it. TIMESTAMPS (02:56) - It’s all ...
Apr 26, 2022•2 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 49
If someone you love has gotten into NFTs, this is the Fraudsters episode for you. Seena shares his story of investing in an NFT and getting his money stolen. Yes there's a chance he may get his money back, but it could also NOT happen too! NFTs and crypto are a haven for fraudsters, while the underlying software may seem harmless and even altruistic in nature, the scammers use it to take advantage of millions. The entire crypto space is filled with scammers, and while there are rays of hope that...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 48
This is part two of BiiitConneeeeeeect! The WORLD is a Ponzi Scheme, not BitConnect… at least according to their promoters. In this episode, we will meet Glenn Arcano, one of the top promoters, his techniques for capturing people, and the terrible fate that awaits him. There is also the not-so-smart promoter Trevon James who didn’t have the best timing for joining BitConnect. And finally, we will know what happened to Carlos Mato. What is he up to now? TIMESTAMPS (03:08) - Previously on the BitC...
Apr 12, 2022•55 min•Season 2Ep. 47
We are coming, and we are coming in waves with the BitConnect fraud! (We promise this will make sense later) Imagine thousands of dollars going into your account without doing anything. It’s just like how Don Corleone once said: “What have we done to deserve this generosity?” Well, nothing, because it always comes with a price. What is BitConnect? How does it work? Who is the man behind this fraud? We’ll also have the privilege to listen closely to why this scam is not new at all: it only has a ...
Apr 05, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 46
It’s part two and we are taking a hard look at the orgasm… again! Dr. Jordan is back and we go through all the wildly offensive details on Nicole Daedone and One Taste. We won’t lie, things get a little dark here: sexual assaults, coercion sexual control, trauma, financial debts, and other horrors sponsored by One Taste. How did One Taste work? Where did the money come from? Why would people engage in it? Tune in to listen to the perfect intersection between scams and orgasmic meditations. It is...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 44
This episode is all about sex, orgasms, and pleasure! Did that get your attention? Well, this is the way One Taste would get the attention of their victims. It is our first wellness fraud and to help us navigate its turbulent waters we invited Dr. Jordan Soper a certified sex therapist to speak with us. What is One Taste? What is Orgasmic Meditation or OM? Witsho is Nicole Daedone and where did she get the inspiration for One Taste? In this episode, we see how the promise of pleasure can turn in...
Mar 22, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 43
