Fraud Friday: The Liar in Literature w/ Atsuko Okatsuka

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka joins the show to discuss how Dan Mallory, the author of the best-selling novel “The Woman in the Window,” took many of the plot points from deception and fraud in his own life of publishing. Plus, Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. Stay schemin’! (Originally Released 12/05/2022) Laci’s book is out now! Order “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes" here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Atsuko Okatsuka: @atsukocomedy Research by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-suspense-novelists-trail-of-deceptions https://www.nj.com/news/2022/05/nj-man-stole-150k-in-10-state-unemployment-fraud-feds-say.html https://www.nj.com/news/2022/11/unemployment-scammer-who-stole-400k-bragged-on-instagram-pleads-guilty.html https://www.thecut.com/2019/02/the-best-character-in-the-dan-mallory-scammer-story.html https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47144368

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0:00.0	What's popping, congregation?
0:02.5	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:05.0	Welcome to an episode of Fraud Fridays, where we release older episodes from the
0:11.6	Scam Goddess Vault.
0:13.0	That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring back your favorite episodes from behind
0:16.8	the paywall.
0:18.1	Enjoy this episode from behind the paywall.
0:20.3	And as always, stay scheming.
0:23.2	Scam, cards, robbery, and fraud.
0:31.9	Scam!
0:34.2	Cards, robbery robbery and fraud.
0:40.0	Gap Goddess.
0:42.0	What's Popping Congregation?
0:43.3	It's your girl, Lacey Mosley.
0:44.7	Welcome back to another installment of Time Magazine's top 10 podcast of 2020 Scamp Goddess.
0:53.5	I'm sorry.
0:54.0	I had to say it because I was just freaking the fuck out when I saw that.
0:57.7	Thank you guys for listening and telling your friends and have and playing it in the
1:01.2	other room while your baby asleep so I can get extra streams.
1:03.9	I appreciate every scam, anything that we can do.
1:07.0	But I really love you all and I really am very excited about that.
1:11.0	But I'm even more excited.
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