The Tennis Match Fixer (w/ Sona Movsesian)

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The world's worst assistant Sona Movsesian (Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend) joins the Con-gregation to cover Grigor Sargsyan—the man who paid top pro tennis players to lose on purpose while running the biggest tennis match fixing ring in history. Plus, Sona tells us how she scammed her way into co-hosting Conan's podcast. Stay schemin'! This story was primarily investigated by The Washington Post's Kevin Sieff in his article "Game, Set, Fix": https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan Buy Sona's book "The World's Worst Assistant": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675609/the-worlds-worst-assistant-by-sona-movsesian/ Buy Laci's book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes": https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Sona Movsesian: @sonamov Research by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-gambling-investigation-belgium/ https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/38913580/five-tennis-players-suspended-link-match-fixing-syndicate

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0:00.0	Schenge, Robin Free, and Frog.
0:09.0	Scamp,
0:10.0	C, Cair free and fraud.
0:17.0	Scamp goddess.
0:19.0	What's popping congregation?
0:21.0	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess, this is the podcast all about
0:25.6	robbery fraud and those who practice it. If you've been following me, you know I'm coming
0:29.6	from Ireland, okay? So we're doing something different. I'm on a different time zone.
0:33.2	That's my scam right now.
0:35.0	And if you know anything about this show,
0:37.0	you know I'm very what?
0:38.7	Yes, excited, thrilled, elated,
0:42.2	especially because today's guest is from the team, Coco Family.
0:46.8	Yes, we've got another family member pulling up.
0:49.3	It's a family affair.
0:50.7	You may know her as the co-host of Conan O'Brien needs a friend podcast.
0:54.4	She also used her experience as Conan's longtime assistant to write a New York Times
0:59.6	best-selling book called The World's Worst Assistant, which is a hilarious how-to guide for becoming a terrible yet unfireable employee.
1:08.6	I know that's why that sounds like a scam to me. I can't wait to ask more.
1:11.3	Congregation, please welcome
1:14.1	Sona Moseceti and oh, Sona, I'm so happy to have you here.
1:18.0	I'm so happy to be here.
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