March 13, 2023

EP. 181 — The Royal Art Ruse w/ Langston Kerman and David Gborie

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Langston Kerman and David Gborie join the show to discuss James Stunt, a flashy, royalty-worshipping ex-billionaire who involved the now King of England in a multi-million-dollar art forgery scandal. Plus, a 69-year-old Californian woman has found herself short of $250,000 after being scammed by online romance scammers, twice. Stay Schemin’!

 

Langston and David host the podcast My Momma Told Me, which is part of Will Ferrell’s and iHeartMedia’s Big Money Players Network.

 

Research by Kaelyn Brandt

Sources: 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11533341/James-Stunt-faces-retrial-266m-dirty-money-scam.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-11603927/As-Tony-Tetro-discovered-fortune-forging-art-caught.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-64432146

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2020/4/the-prince-the-flash-and-the-forger

https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/holidays-art-radio-race/tony-tetro

https://bestlifeonline.com/news-woman-romance-con-artists/

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