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Caught In The Lie: True Crime

Welcome to Caught in the Lie: True Crime, the podcast that exposes the world’s most masterful con artists, scammers, and serial liars.Every week, we pull back the curtain on the mind-boggling double lives of everyday grifters, high-society imposters, fake influencers, and digital deceivers. Through high-tension, serialized storytelling, we investigate not just how these massive scams were pulled off, but the fascinating psychology of deception—and why smart people fall for brilliant lies.From devastating romance scams and corporate fraud to wellness cults and shocking internet hoaxes, we break down the twists, the turns, and the ultimate downfalls when the truth finally catches up.

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  1. 36

    The Silent Skimmer - True Crime

    How Goldman Sachs Secretary Joyti De-Laurey Pillaged Her Bosses' Private Portfolios

  2. 35

    The Counterfeit Heir - True Crime

    How Christian Gerhartsreiter Conned High Society as a Fake Rockefeller

  3. 34

    The Royal Illusion - True Crime

    How Anthony Gignac Posed as a Saudi Prince to Con Luxury Hoteliers and Elite Investors

  4. 33

    The Impostor in the Family - True Crime

    How Frédéric Bourdin Became a Missing Texas Teenager

  5. 32

    The Phishing Epidemic - True Crime

    How Cybercriminals Used Targeted Emails to Compromise 80 Million Anthem Healthcare Records

  6. 31

    The Decentralized Pyramid - True Crime

    How Forsage’s Smart-Contract Exploited Crypto Tech to Run a Global Ponzi Scheme

  7. 30

    The Ultimate Crypto Collapse - True Crime

    How Satish Kumbhani Engineered the Multi-Billion Dollar BitConnect Ponzi Scheme

  8. 29

    The Locked Vault - True Crime

    How Gerald Cotten Left QuadrigaCX’s $250 Million in Crypto Beyond the Reach of Investors

  9. 28

    The Stolen Cassock - True Crime

    How James Hampton Posed as a Catholic Priest to Embezzle Community Trust and Funds

  10. 27

    The Artificial Miracle - True Crime

    How Paolo Macchiarini Falsified Stem Cell Research While His Patients Suffered Fatal Complications

  11. 26

    The Scalpel of Terror - True Crime

    How Dr. Christopher Duntsch Grossed Millions While Paralyzing and Killing His Patients

  12. 25

    The Serial Spouse - True Crime

    How Richard Scott Smith Used Marriage as a Weapon to Drain Credit Lines and Vanish

  13. 24

    The Phantom of Finance - True Crime

    How Michael Sabo Evaded Federal Agents for Decades as the 'Great Imposter' of Banking

  14. 23

    The Crypto Club Illusion - True Crime

    How Pablo Rodriguez Used AirBit Club to Launder Millions in a Global Ponzi Scheme

  15. 22

    The Firewall Breach - True Crime

    How Paige Thompson Exploited a Cloud Misconfiguration to Access 100 Million Credit Profiles

  16. 21

    The Digital Ghost - True Crime

    How Anthony Weiner Used Fake Avatars and Encryption Apps to Evade State Investigators

  17. 20

    The Nazi Masterpiece Trick - True Crime

    How Han van Meegeren Saved His Life by Forging Millions in Fake Vermeers

  18. 19

    The Professional Patient - True Crime

    How Sarah Delashmit Faked Severe Illnesses to Infiltrate Specialized Medical Camps

  19. 18

    The Queen’s Shadow - True Crime

    How Jeanne de Valois Forged a Royal Identity to Steal France’s Most Infamous Necklace

  20. 17

    The Doctor of Deception- True Crime

    How "Dirty John" Meehan Targeted Wealthy Women and Stalked His Way Into Their Lives

  21. 16

    The Missing Cryptoqueen- True Crime

    How Ruja Ignatova Fabricated OneCoin and Vanished with Billions

  22. 15

    The Ghost in the Code- True Crime

    How Attackers Weaponized SolarWinds Updates to Infiltrate Global Networks

  23. 14

    The Infrastructure Freeze- True Crime

    How DarkSide Used a Single Leaked Password to Paralyze the US East Coast Fuel Network

  24. 13

    The Cyber-King of Crime- True Crime

    How Evgeniy Bogachev Built the Gameover Zeus Network to Drain Corporate Bank Accounts

  25. 12

    The Philanthropic Forger- True Crime

     How Mark Landis Tricked America’s Top Museums by Giving Away His Fakes for Free 

  26. 11

    The Toxic Gospel- True Crime

     How Jim Humble Used a Fake Church to Hawk Industrial Bleach as a Miracle Cure 

  27. 10

    The Phantom Agent- True Crime

     How William Jordan Used a Fake MI5 Identity to Control Women and Steal Their Lives 

  28. 9

    The Caribbean Kingpin- True Crime

     How Allen Stanford Used a Private Bank to Build a $7 Billion Empire of Lies 

  29. 8

    The Chameleon of Cannes- True Crime

     How Christophe Rocancourt Swindled Hollywood’s Elite with a Rolex and a Lie 

  30. 7

    The Imposter Emir- True Crime

     How Anthony Gignac Spent Thirty Years Swindling the World as a Fake Saudi Prince 

  31. 6

    The Cold-Hearted Telemarketer- True Crime

     How Jen Shah Fleeced the Elderly While Living a Real Housewives Fantasy 

  32. 5

    The Trojan Cloud- True Crime

     How a Senior Engineer Extorted Ubiquiti Networks from Inside the Network 

  33. 4

    The Hollywood Blackout- True Crime

     How Park Jin-Hyok Unleashed a State-Sponsored Cyber Strike Against Sony Pictures 

  34. 3

    The Cyber-Heist Laundromat- True Crime

     How Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan Washed $4.5 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin 

  35. 2

    The 20th Century Canvas- True Crime

     How John Myatt and John Drewe Forged Masterpieces with Common Wall Paint and Fake History 

  36. 1

    The Boy Wonder of Fraud- True Crime

     How Barry Minkow Built a Multi-Million Dollar Empire Out of Shredded Carpet and Fake Invoices 

  37. 0

    The Puppet Master Psychiatrist- True Crime

     How Dr. Isaac Herschkopf Usurped His Patients' Fortunes and Lives 

  38. -1

    The Dine-and-Dash Deceiver- True Crime

     How Paul Gonzales Exploited Dating Apps to Leave a Trail of Unpaid Bills 

  39. -2

    The Royal Pretender- True Crime

     How Christian Gerhartsreiter Infiltrated High Society as a Fake Rockefeller 

  40. -3

    The Vanishing Adviser- True Crime

     How Melissa Caddick Stole $23 Million From Her Inner Circle Before Disappearing into Thin Air 

  41. -4

    The $11 Billion Accounting Mirage- True Crime

     How Bernie Ebbers and WorldCom Cooked the Books with Capital Expenditures 

  42. -5

    The Ghost in the Algorithm- True Crime

     How EmpiresX Used a Fake AI Bot to Siphon Millions from Crypto Investors 

  43. -6

    The Phantom Platform- True Crime

     How Ray Trapani Fabricated a Crypto Giant Out of Thin Air 

  44. -7

    The Billionaire Gucci Master- True Crime

     How Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi) Funded an Instagram Lifestyle Through Global Cyber Heists 

  45. -8

    The Phantom Portfolios- True Crime

     How Michael Lipkin Used Fake Property Titles and Ghost Buyers to Secure Millions 

  46. -9

    The Backroom Butcher- True Crime

     How Rick Van Thiel Ran a Makeshift Surgery Clinic Without a Shred of Medical Training 

  47. -10

    The Masterpiece Illusion- True Crime

     How Wolfgang Beltracchi Painted Hundreds of Fakes and Fooled the International Art World 

  48. -11

    The Digital Casanova- True Crime

     How Raymond Abbott Exploited Dating Apps to Drain Widows’ Retirement Funds 

  49. -12

    The Phantom Striker- True Crime

     How Carlos Kaiser Faked a Decade-Long Professional Soccer Career Without Ever Playing a Match 

  50. -13

    The Catch Me If You Can Myth- True Crime

     The Real FBI Record of Frank Abagnale Jr.’s Elaborate Forgeries 

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to Caught in the Lie: True Crime, the podcast that exposes the world’s most masterful con artists, scammers, and serial liars.Every week, we pull back the curtain on the mind-boggling double lives of everyday grifters, high-society imposters, fake influencers, and digital deceivers. Through high-tension, serialized storytelling, we investigate not just how these massive scams were pulled off, but the fascinating psychology of deception—and why smart people fall for brilliant lies.From devastating romance scams and corporate fraud to wellness cults and shocking internet hoaxes, we break down the twists, the turns, and the ultimate downfalls when the truth finally catches up.

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Joan

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Welcome to Caught in the Lie: True Crime, the podcast that exposes the world’s most masterful con artists, scammers, and serial liars.Every week, we pull back the curtain on the mind-boggling double lives of everyday grifters, high-society imposters, fake influencers, and digital deceivers. Through...

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