This week we discuss Antonio Mariot Wilson, a lifelong scammer who made some outrageous claims to separate wealthy women from their cash. But "Dr." Tony runs into a Hollywood actress who brings the pressure on him from authorities, can he escape this pit of snakes? Or is he destined for an airplane propeller? Link to 200 Periods coming post-Amazon …

This week we discuss American lawyer Leigh Sprague who left to explore the rebirth of Russia from the Soviet Union. He then stole millions of dollars from a Russian Oligarch, one of the most influential and dangerous people to mess with. Find out if he survived his ordeal on this week's episode!

Today we discuss the Carrian group, a multifaceted conglomerate from Hong Kong in the 1980s. Over four years Carrian grew to one of the largest companies in the region under the direction of civil engineer George Tan, but it was all a house of cards, and when it fell what followed was a record-setting investigation, and murder.…

This week we discuss a recent-ish story out of Vietnam about a woman who used a large national bank as her personal checking account to fund a massive real estate enterprise. Her theft reached unbelievable heights before it came crashing down and she received the greatest penalty that can be given: death.…

This week we discuss one of the worst individuals we've talked about on this show. Kenny Chatman owned and operated sober living facilities and addiction treatment centers in Florida but used them as a cash cow bilking insurance companies out of millions while supplying drugs to patients and much worse. Buckle up because this guy sucks.…

Kishan is on vacation and Nina is in charge! This episode is a compilation of 3 stories so silly, that they should be a crime! Don't wait! Dive on in and see what this episode is all about!

This week we talk about Abraham Abdallah, a lifelong petty criminal whose identity theft crimes in the early 2000s kicked off a new wave of identity protection. Find out how the pages of a Forbes magazine held the secrets to half of the most powerful people on the planet in this week's episode!

Welcome back to Season 16 of White Collars, Red Hands! This week we once again combine Kishan's love of baseball with disdain for financial crime into an episode as we talk about the background and friendship that formed between Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara. Then we discuss how the friendship fell into ruin through a years-long heist.…

On the season 15 finale we discuss the insane life and death of John McAfee who founded the famous antivirus software, became a wanted fugitive in another country, openly used drugs and hired prostitutes and still somehow mildly successfully ran for the President of the United States.

This week we dish the tea on a Mathew missing a t, as we discuss Mathew James and the capers he pulled to hoodwink the healthcare industry out of more than half a billion dollars.

This week we sit down and discuss the not often told story of Tino De Angelis, an Italian immigrant looking to make a name for himself, which he did not through good business practices or works of charity but through perpetuating a phantom oil scandal worth $1.8Bn!

This week we discuss the man that was supposed to guide those who have come into huge winnings through the lottery to a better future, but instead used the proceeds to worm himself and his clients further into debt. Does justice end up with a new pair of shoes? Find out in this episode!

This week we delve into this season's listener suggested episode as we discuss a clever but somehow stupid, chill but somehow violent, gang ran but somehow not gang ran drug ring that was operated by those of high privilege on the campus of the College of Charleston in South Carolina

This week we discuss a weird intersection of themes that are common on this show, cryptocurrency and religious scams. Prosperity preachers have been common for hundreds of years but as sermons moved to Zoom for the pandemic, one couple decided that tithing can be hip and digital when they created and misused INDXcoin, the cryptocurrency backed by J…

This week we talk about one of the most famous rats in history, besides that one that makes gingers cook well, and that rat's name is Ivan Boesky. An arbitrageur who made his wealth because his rich wife gave him a decent allowance, and also some illegal stuff.

This week we visit Japan as we discuss the details of an unsolved crime from the 1980's that saw multiple food companies threatened and extorted by someone who referred to themselves as The Monster with 21 Faces. The crime spree started with kidnapping end ended with death, potentially all at the hands of one fox-eyed man.…

This week we discuss an Austria-Hungarian born conman named Victor Lustig (maybe?) who left a string of scam victims across two continents, found great success selling magic boxes and... The Eiffel tower... twice.

On the season 15 premiere episode we discuss Brian Kolfage, a purple heart recipient who used his military hero status to spread far-right conspiracies and to swindle a large sum of money from thousands in his " We Build the Wall" fundraiser.

It's the season finale so this week we take on the dark history of the Murdaugh family in South Carolina, who were considered an affluent small county dynasty. But what happens when their influence wasn't enough to keep all their skeletons in the closet? Find out on the conclusion to season 14!

This week we hop across the pond to talk about a recent accounting scandal from Great Britain. Patisserie Valerie is a century old bakery with beginnings shrouded in mystery but we know where they ended up... almost bankrupt from accounting fraud! Find out more about their delicious dupe on this week's episode.…

This week's a quickie where we talk three stories surrounding the third largest company in the world: Amazon. And weirdly enough only one of the three has Amazon as the villain. Find out more on this week's episode!

This week we discuss the incredibly real tale of one time radio DJ Joel Greenberg, who after being elected as Seminole County Tax Collector started a string of unbelievably brazen crimes that got progressively worse and ended with an investigation in the highest seats of government.

This week we dive into the story of Renee Bach, a Christian missionary who started a group feeding children in Uganda. From there she moved onto running an unlicensed medical facility where she got a reputation for losing her child patients but what do you expect from a homeschooled doctor? Find out more on this week's episode!…

This week we discuss the members of Forbes Hall of Shame that we haven't already covered. Join us as we detail the stories behind seven people picked to the 30 under 30 list that the publication later regretted.

This week has a more relaxed feel as we sit down to discuss some popular Multi-Level Marketing businesses, that are definitely not pyramid schemes guys! They do so much more, like create the Subway sandwich artists of leggings, and make vitamins weirdly backed by the church.

This week we dive into another listener-submitted topic as we discuss the rise and fall of online poker in the United States, focusing largely on the crimes perpetuated by the biggest offender of them all Full Tilt. a company run by professional poker players, but was still a bad bet.

This week we dive into a listener-submitted episode as we discuss the dealings of serial con artist Tracii Show Hutsona who made her illicit gains from a cancer patient and bank-rolled it into poorly themed restaurants, also looks like she was on the Real Housewives but in a first for us, she wasn't actually on the show.…

Welcome back for the Season 14 premiere! To start off this season we are discussing the blatant Tesla ripoff Nikola, whose CEO Trevor Milton promised would create a fleet of semi-trucks run on hydrogen but built an empire of lies just to falsely inflate their stock to cash out.

Hey everyone, we said we wouldn't be back until the new year, and we are also filthy liars! We're dropping a relaxed feel, unscripted bonus episode talking about holiday hijinks, Christmas cons, and Kishan gives a gift by telling you about one of his favorite people in history, the delightfully stupid and lucky Lord Timothy Dexter. Happy Holidays!…

Welcome to the Season 13 Finale, like always this season we end in a murder committed by the wealthy. Join us as we take a trip to the beautiful neighborhood of San Luis Capistrano in Orange County California, where a previously married millionaire couple was gunned down in their bed at night. The police thought it was a scorned business partner, b…

Hey everyone, it's Thanksgiving here in the states so we are taking a break this week to gorge on the flesh of fowl. If you didn't get to catch our special podiversary Q&A live on YouTube, we're posting it here to tide you over until next week in it's unadulterated and unedited form.

In this week's episode we travel through the audio medium to a small town in Ohio, that was the victim of a conman who bought the buildings from half the town, and stole from the other half. Party barns, sheep with coke addictions, and high end furniture stores are featured in this episode!

This week we talk about two nerds who moved to the Silicon Valley in the hopes of achieving tech startup fame, but one of them ended up searching for fame producing the absolute worst rap you have ever heard. Meanwhile their lavish lifestyle was funded by the largest crypto fraud in history!

This week we discuss the first acting mayor of Detroit to serve time in prison as we dive into the story of Kwame Kilpatrick. Politics ran in the family, but only Kwame threw stripper parties at the White House of Detroit, at least if his mom threw some they were slightly more tight lipped.

This week we discuss the electronics store Crazy Eddie that ballooned in New York City during the 1980s because it had marketing so memorable they were better known than the president. But the whole thing was an illicit front for its scuzzy owner Eddie Antar to steal whatever he could get his hands on.…

In this week's episode we discuss Aimee Bock, who started out her journey looking to feed the hungry children of America, but was corrupted with greed and soon used the entire business to con the government. Find out how it all went down in this relaxed feel installment of White Collars, Red Hands! Also, check out our live show on YouTube…

This week we head back "Down Under" to the land that spawned Men at Work classic hits- Australia. In this episode, we cover Christopher Skase who took a page out of the American's book in the 1980s by spawning an empire built on shaky foundations, and when it all came tumbling down he turned and ran rather than facing the music, sparking a decades-…

This week we are bringing a more laid back episode as we discuss three stories of some of the worst schemes we could rustle up. The people who committed these cons targeted the people who have gone or are going through some of the worst things you can imagine, milking human sentiment to feed their greed. Sound like fun?…

This week we discuss a story that was supposed to be fun, but instead gets dark as we talk about a scam involving Chinese traditional medicine products made from ants. Wang Fengyou had one of the most popular companies in China that "employed" 1 million ant farmers, but was the ant life as good as he promised?…

On the Season 13 premiere we're not playing games as we discuss a 1 Million pound caper that almost took one of Her Majesty's favorite gameshows for a ride. Did Charles Ingram get to keep his ill-gotten gains, or did he lose them along with... his toes?! Find out on this week's episode!

Alright everybody, another season finale, another murder so hold on to your butts. This season we recognize ourselves as an equal opportunity podcast as we tell the first female murderer story for a finale! Join us as we discuss the stout and comely black widow who killed multiple suitors and buried their bodies on her pig farm aver 100 years ago.…

This week we discuss the interesting story of a poor Tibetan Buddhist monk by the name Lobsang Dargey, that went against all of his teachings to seek a life of excess in the United States, only to con other immigrants like himself out of over $100 Million.

This week we discuss some of what has led up to the downfall of congressman George Santos, the untruths that got him to his seat in the House of Representatives, and the crimes that might very well land him in prison.

This week we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming because Nina always gets sick on weeks when she is supposed to be the one hosting, so Kishan is going solo like a bird from the nest for the first time. Will he fly or crash and burn as he gives you updates to stories that WCRH has covered throughout almost 3 years of podcasting…

This week we discuss a hunky Midwesterner who dropped everything in life to move to LA and pursue a career in acting after college, even though he never talked about acting. Once there though Zach Horwitz used his newly developed acting "talents" not to land roles but land suckers in a Hollywood Ponzi Scheme that amassed over half a billion dollars…

Join us this week as we discuss a self-made hotel magnate in Leona Helmsley whose terrible reputation of being a mega Karen earned her the title of The Queen of Mean, and whose dealings on the books of her hotels landed her in prison, and wait until you found who inherited the most money in her will. Find out on this week's episode!…

This week we delve into the extremely weird, and disturbing story of Jacob Kingston. A prominent member of a Mormon adjacent cult, that used his engineering doctorate to start a biofuel company, that ended up not making biofuel. Instead, he stole money through a series of schemes, that ramped up in a big way when he got in bed with the Armenian maf…

This week we sit down to talk about the literal father of the Kennedy curse, JFK's daddy Joseph who was the first one to lead the SEC, after some dubious dealings qualified him to be there in the first place. This week involves bank examiners, natural family planning and lobotomies so join us for a wild one!…

You've heard of Bernie Madoff, especially if you've listened to all of our episodes in which case we love you! You might not have heard of Allen Stanford however, operating at roughly the same time Allen Stanford takes second place in largest Ponzi scheme and longest sentence for white-collar crime in America. Learn all about the Texas swindler on …

This week we take on the subject of famous children who had their earnings squandered and stolen by their parents. Through the 3.5 tales of entertainers who lost it all to those who raised them we find out that blood is not always thicker than water.