Swindled
A Concerned Citizen
True stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, & corporate evil
- 1 hour 23 minutes135. The Panama Papers (Mossack Fonseca)
The leaked files of a Panamanian law firm offer a glimpse into the offshore economy used by politicians, criminals, and celebrities to hide wealth, evade taxes, and launder money.
Prelude: The assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta's most feared investigative journalist.
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24 December 2025, 5:55 am - 36 minutes 18 secondsBonus: The Tic Tac Man (Bob McDonnell)
A Virginia governor and his wife are indicted after receiving lavish gifts from a local businessman.
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8 December 2025, 9:10 pm - 1 hour 19 minutes134. The Motherlode (Bre-X Minerals)
A tiny Calgary-based exploration company ignites a global market frenzy when it discovers the world's largest gold deposit before collapsing into one of the biggest frauds in mining history.
Prelude: The "Bushman of the Shuswap" flees society after uncovering a massive conspiracy.
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24 November 2025, 12:38 am - 1 hour 46 minutes133. The Fabulist (George Santos)
A newly elected congressman is expelled and prosecuted for financial crimes after his elaborate web of personal and professional lies unravels.
Prelude: JP Maroney's inventive "digital marketing arbitrage" is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme.
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9 November 2025, 10:49 pm - 33 minutes 32 secondsBonus: The Foundation (New Era Philanthropy)
A prominent Christian businessman operates a massive, "too-good-to-be-true," charity-based Ponzi scheme.
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12 October 2025, 5:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutes132. The Mix-Up (Velsicol Chemical Company)
A catastrophic contamination strikes Michigan when an industrial chemical (PBB) is mistakenly mixed into cattle feed.
Prelude: Workers at a Texas chemical plant are turned into “zombies" after exposure to the toxic pesticide Phosvel.
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28 September 2025, 4:00 am - 1 hour 37 minutes131. The Utopia (Galt's Gulch Chile)
A proposed libertarian paradise in the Chilean countryside devolves into a spectacle of betrayal and broken promises.
Prelude: Lazarus Long's Principality of New Utopia.
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7 September 2025, 4:00 am - 1 hour 21 minutesRerun: The Crusader (Nicholas Alahverdian)
Originally published June 5, 2022.
The untimely death of an outspoken advocate for foster children reveals his despicable double life. Prelude: A tragedy occurs after a woman in Rhode Island adopts eight children with developmental issues.
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24 August 2025, 4:00 am - 1 hour 10 minutes130. The Wunderkind (Ephren Taylor II)
A self-proclaimed “socially conscious” entrepreneur uses church seminars and motivational speeches to lure investors into a nationwide Ponzi scheme.
Prelude: "King" Perry Santillo and Chris Parris perpetuate a financial fraud to which they had fallen victim.
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14 August 2025, 11:31 pm - 1 hour 11 minutes129. The Death Trap (Ride the Ducks Intl.)
A tourism industry's ugly past is revealed after a "duck boat" sinks on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, during a storm.
Prelude: The sinking of Miss Majestic in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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27 July 2025, 9:44 pm - 1 hour 28 minutes128. The Charade (Scott W. Rothstein)
A Fort Lauderdale lawyer's ostentatious lifestyle is supported by the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida history.
Prelude: The body of attorney Melissa Britt Lewis is found in a Florida canal.
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