EP. 127 — Where Are They Now?: Scammer Edition w/ Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Corinne Fisher & Krystyna Hutchinson join us to get an update on some of our favorite scammers: Anna Delvey, Elizabeth Holmes & The Tinder Swindler. Plus, a Chinese student spends 21 days living a luxurious life for free as part of an art project for her school. Stay Schemin’!

Research By Kaelyn Brandt.

SOURCES:

https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html

https://www.insider.com/anna-delvey-writes-about-inventing-anna-and-life-in-jail-2022-2

https://www.insider.com/netflix-paid-anna-delvey-sorokin-tv-series-victim-fund-2021-1

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/13/elizabeth-holmes-sentence-september-fraud

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/03/tech/elizabeth-holmes-verdict/index.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/theranos-founder-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-life-story-bio-2018-4#it-was-during-high-school-that-holmes-developed-her-work-ethic-often-staying-up-late-to-study-she-quickly-became-a-straight-a-student-and-even-started-her-own-business-she-sold-c-compilers-a-type-of-software-that-translates-computer-code-to-chinese-schools-5

https://www.etonline.com/tinder-swindler-simon-leviev-joins-cameo-signs-with-manager-inside-his-hollywood-plans-179407

https://www.insideedition.com/exclusive-alleged-tinder-swindler-simon-leviev-speaks-on-money-romance-and-allegations-in-1st-sit

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a38819028/tinder-swindler-netflix-true-story-simon-leviev/

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a38955743/tinder-swindler-simon-leviev-true-story-where-is-he-now/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/17531724/simon-levievs-bodyguard-peter/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/04/verdict-reached-in-michael-avenatti-fraud-trial-over-stormy-daniels-book-money.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10289325/Student-stays-Beijing-three-weeks-without-spending-penny-disguising-socialite.html

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