EP. 42 — The Faux Footballer with Gianni Paolo

What’s popping, congregation? This week Gianni Paolo is on the pod to expose the Brazilian man who never played football, but did play the football league system.

Plus the importance of calculus to scammers. Stay schemin!

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Kaiser_(footballer)

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/apr/26/the-forgotten-story-of-carlos-kaiser-footballs-greatest-conman

https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2018/oct/24/pure-lies-an-exclusive-look-at-kaiser-the-greatest-footballer-never-to-play-football-video

https://medium.com/leftways/carlos-henrique-kaiser-footballs-greatest-fraud-8fe3f214acee

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/6798246/carlos-kaiser-farce-footballer-documentary-brazil/

https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/yw7gmm/the-incredible-story-of-the-greatest-footballer-to-never-play-football

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/22/indianapolis-crime-ebay-ryan-allen-walker/2055408001/

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