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EP. 220.5 — Fraud Fridays: 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
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