February 3, 2020

EP. 19 — The Crooked Carpet Cleaner with Ronnie Adrian

Happy Black History Month Con-gregation! We didn’t change anything (I’m black all the time) but it’s still a special episode when our homie Ronnie Adrian (White Women, Key & Peele) drops by! This week we explore that absolute MESS of carpet cleaning ponzi schemer, Barry Jay Minkow!

*In this ep I mention Amber Guyger got 5 years in jail. It was actually 10 years with parole eligibility at 5 my bad but hey, as long as she’s locked up! 

Research by Sharilyn Vera:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Minkow

https://news.sky.com/story/international-money-laundering-expert-arrested-for-money-laundering-11864982

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