August 15, 2022
EP. 151 — Fraud Family Values w/ Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Peña & Yasmine Hamady
This week, actresses Josie Totah, Alycia Pascual-Peña & Yasmine Hamady join the show to discuss Richard Ayvazyan and Marietta Terabelian, the leaders of a family fraud ring that collected $18 million in pandemic relief for 151 sham businesses. Plus, a load of jewelry and gems were stolen from a Brink’s truck at a truck stop along the I-5. Stay Schemin’!
Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-16/covid-fraud-conspiracy-los-angeles-ayvazyan
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-21/montenegro-fugitives-ayvazyan-fbi-pandemic-fraud
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