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Meet the Journalist Who Got Suspicious of Enron Before It Was Cool
Jonathan Weil caught the journalism bug early. But it was his knack for spotting financial reporting sleight-of-hand that set him apart as a young reporter at the Wall...
The Fraud That Keeps on Frauding
From Spanish Prisoners to Nigerian Princes, advance fee scams have endured for centuries, relying on victims to follow the same formula: pay first, regret later.Join C...
Australia’s Greatest Conman
A respected leader of an Australian national search and rescue operation isn’t who he claims to be.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of ...
OMF at the Movies: The Informant!
In this bonus episode, Caleb and his producer, Zach, discuss the 2009 film The Informant! Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, The Informant! is base...
A Man of Fraud
"A premiere true American...with integrity in all his pursuits.”HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved accounting CPE after...
Sho Me the Money
A baseball superstar winds up in the middle of a gambling scandal.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved accounting CPE aft...
Meet the Fraudster Who Stole Millions from Alanis Morissette
Jonathan Todd Schwartz was a heavyweight business manager to some of the biggest names in show business. But a crippling gambling addiction led to his embezzlement of ...
Yale of a Fraud
An elite medical school falls victim to an unexceptional schemeHOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved accounting CPE after ...
Monkey Business at the Columbus Zoo
A beloved zoo turns into a jungle of financial shenanigans.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved accounting CPE after list...
One Host, Endless Fraud
Join Caleb Newquist as he discusses frauds great and small to understand the motives, methods, and impact of the occasionally hilarious but always devastating stories ...
Meet the Prosecutor-turned-Professor: Miriam Baer of Brooklyn Law
Miriam Baer argues in her book that U.S. white collar crime statutes are doing a disservice to us all. She gives Caleb and Greg lots of examples of how this is, but be...
Meet the Prosecutor-turned-Professor: Sam Buell of Duke Law
At the beginning of his career, Sam Buell knew that he wanted to be a prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York where all manner of crime—everything from mob hits...
The Oh My Fraud 2024 Recap
In this look back at 2024, the guys discuss their episodes, share updates to some stories, and discuss some upcoming changes to the podcast.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less...
The Sheriff of Fraudingham
In this episode recorded live for Moore North America’s member appreciation event, Caleb and Greg discuss the case of a sheriff in southern Indiana who had an unusual ...
Free Money: The Legacy of Freedman’s Bank with Historian Justene Hill Edwards
University of Virginia historian Justene Hill Edwards gave Caleb and Greg “a strong B” on their podcast episode about Freedman's Savings Bank. Nevertheless, they were ...
Stupid Is as Fraud Does
They can’t all be criminal masterminds. Caleb and Greg discuss four stories of fraud gone absurdly wrong.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 ho...
Financial Foul Play: A True Tale from Greg’s Workplace
In this special episode, Caleb interviews Greg about a tricky situation he encountered early in his career as an accountant.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes...
Burned by Solar
In the era of climate change, it isn’t just about saving the planet using sustainable methods of energy, it’s about making a fortune from sustainable methods of energy...
Airbusted
If you’re one of those cynical people who assumes that multinational corporations are deeply corrupt and only concerned with achieving global domination no matter the ...
Meet the Fraud Investigator: Kelly Paxton
Caleb and Greg welcome Kelly Paxton, a former fraud investigator who has worked at both the federal and local level to talk about her career and one of her favorite re...
For Whom the Fraud Tolls | Bell, California
Caleb and Greg discuss the case of a small California city tainted by big corruption.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved...
The Defrauded Famous | Alanis Morissette and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
If you’re jonesing for some nostalgia, then this is the Oh My Fraud episode for you. Caleb and Greg discuss two stars—an athlete whose fame peaked in the 80s and a sin...
Cardinal Sins
What do the Catholic Church and Oh My Fraud have in common? They both regularly feature absent internal controls, important figures abusing their positions of trust, a...
Paper Empire | The Case of Equity Funding Corporation of America
Join Caleb and Greg on a twisting saga of an insurance company that began in the late 1950s, rose to spectacular heights in the 1960s, and came crashing down in the 19...
Pyramid Schemes: How to Lose Friends and Alienate Money
You’ve probably heard of pyramid schemes, but are you confident that you know what it is? And if you are, do you know the difference between them and multi-level marke...
We’re Not a Bank in Kansas Anymore
Legend has it that when asked why he robbed banks, the infamous 20th century bank robber Willie Sutton said, “Because that’s where the money is.” In the 21st century, ...
Meet the Cybersecurity Scholar: Riana Pfefferkorn of Stanford University
As a co-teacher of Stanford University’s Introduction to Cybersecurity course, Riana Pfefferkorn regularly had to guide enterprising students away from violating the l...
The Jacksonville Jaguars Employee Who Went All In on Fraud
Gambling is often a factor when a person perpetrates a fraud, sometimes to a shocking degree. Caleb and Greg discuss one such case involving a finance professional who...
More Pandemic Pillagers Got What They Had Coming
More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, stories of regular people and their ill-fated schemes to exploit pandemic aid programs continue to emerge. In t...
We’re All Somebody’s Fool | Dan Simons & Chris Chabris
Think you’re too smart to be taken in by a fraudster? If so, that may make you an even bigger mark. In this episode, Caleb and Greg speak with psychologists Dan Simons...
