EP. 220.5 — Fraud Friday: The Windling Water Park w/ Jenny Yang

Happy Fraud Fridays! This week, we revisit our episode with Jenny Yang who joins us to discuss Action Park, an amusement and water park that was extremely dangerous and the home to a series of money laundering schemes, shady money and scams. Plus, a man is accused of stealing expensive caviar meant for research for lunch among co-workers. Stay Schemin’!

Researched by Kaelyn Brandt

SOURCES:

Class Action Park, a documentary by Seth Porges and Chris Charles Scott III

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-05-sp-6678-story.html

https://thecinemaholic.com/is-eugene-mulvihill-still-alive/

Exactly Right Network’s My Favorite Murder, Episode 193

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/12/sturgeon-wisconsin-state-biologist-caviar-scam

https://fox11online.com/news/crime/dnrs-koenigs-pleads-not-guilty-to-blocking-sturgeon-caviar-investigation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon

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