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EP. 216.5 — Fraud Friday: The Bad Vegan w/ Solomon Georgio
It’s Fraud Friday! This week, we revisit our episode with Solomon Georgio. We discuss Sarma Melngailis, a business woman who went from the “Queen of Vegan Cuisine” to the “Vegan Bernie Madoff”. Plus, pet scams have become such a problem in Michigan that the Michigan Attorney General released a video warning residents. Stay Schemin’!
This was recorded on March 3rd, 2022.
Research by Kaelyn Brandt.
Sources:
https://people.com/food/bad-vegan-fame-fraud-fugitives-true-story/
https://people.com/crime/fugitive-former-vegan-restaurant-owner-caught-after-ordering-dominos-pizza/
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/how-sarma-melngailis-became-a-runaway-fugitive
Netflix’s documentary, Bad Vegan
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