The Famed Forger with Eliot Glazer

What’s poppin Con – gregation! This week Eliot Glazer joins us to discuss Lee Israel, a well known writer who turned to forgery fighting to survive after her declining career as an author. Plus, a group of lawyers and doctors are busted in a massive trip-and-fall scheme. Stay Schemin’!

Research By Kaelyn Brandt 

SOURCES

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lee-israel-can-you-ever-forgive-me-oscars-2019-true-story-richard-e-grant-a8758241.html

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a23084048/can-you-ever-forgive-me-lee-israel-true-story/

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94461486

https://nypost.com/2018/10/15/meet-the-author-who-considered-her-forgeries-to-be-her-best-work/

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/arts/lee-israel-a-writer-proudest-of-her-literary-forgeries-dies-at-75.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/feds-31m-trip-fall-scam-homeless-people-pawns-79641656

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/attorneys-and-doctors-new-york-charged-defrauding-businesses-and-insurance-companies