Episodes 132
Avg. Duration 58m
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Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Fraudsters is a true-crime comedy docuseries. Comedians Seena Ghaznavi, JD, Justin Williams, PhD, and Ariel Leaty bring you the scams you love from the fraudsters we hate. Our show merges the chat-cast and the deep-dive to take a humorous look at fraudsters that abuse trust, distort reality, and take advantage of vulnerable people financially. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

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S5E25 Stoned as Can Be with Tommy and Paris Chong

Feb 25, 2025 52m

For our very last bonus episode of Season 5, we have an interview with Tommy and Paris Chong. And for the kids listening to the show, Tommy Chong is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, and activist,…

S5E24 Diving Deep into the Kids for Cash Scandal with Marsha Levick

Feb 18, 2025 1h 1m

This week’s bonus episode is an interview with Marsha Levick, the co-founder and Chief Legal Officer of the Juvenile Law Center. We dive into the infamous Kids for Cash scandal—how it was exposed,…

S5E23 The Criminalization of Black Youth, Mass Incarceration, and Undoing the Damage with Kris Henning

Feb 11, 2025 59m

Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law, Kris Henning, sat down with us over Zoom in the summer of 2024 to talk about the War on Drugs. She…

S5E22 Policing, Prisons, and Policy with the ACLU’s Yasmin Cader

Feb 04, 2025 49m

In this week’s bonus interview, we sit down with Yasmin Cader, Deputy Director of the ACLU and Director of the Trone Center for Justice and Equality, to explore the lasting impact of the War on Drugs…

S5E21 ‘The Harm Reduction Gap’ with Dr. Sheila Vakharia

Jan 28, 2025 59m

This week, we’re talking all things drug policy, harm reduction, and the lingering effects of the War on Drugs with our special guest, Dr. Sheila Vakharia. Dr. Vakharia is the Deputy Director of…

S5E20 'The Boogeyman' with Montel Williams

Jan 21, 2025 48m

Welcome to the land of bonus episodes, where we release long-form interviews with a variety of guests about the war on drugs that we recorded in the summer of 2024. Here is our interview with Montel…

S5E19 Where Are We Now?

Jan 14, 2025 1h 11m

In the final episode of our series on the war on drugs, we take a look at the present and future of this crisis with some help from Montel Williams and Dr. Sheila Vakharia. Yasmin Cader (ACLU) and…

S5E18 Operation Pipe Dreams and the Take Down of Tommy Chong

Jan 07, 2025 57m

What, you thought we were done talking about The War on Drugs?! Well, think again! We’re back with a special epilogue and we're diving into Operation Pipe Dreams, the infamous federal investigation…

S5E17 A Tale of Two Fraudsters: John Kapoor and The Sacklers

Dec 03, 2024 1h 9m

It’s the season finale of Fraudsters, and we’re reluctantly exploring the grim origins of America’s opioid crisis. From the Sackler family’s OxyContin empire, built on shameless marketing, fake…

S5E16 Profiting Off Punishment: The Kids for Cash Scandal

Nov 26, 2024 1h 19m

Get ready for one of the most sinister and heartbreaking frauds this week – the Kids for Cash scandal. Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan turned Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system into…

S5E15 It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s the Superpredator Myth!

Nov 19, 2024 1h 10m

Picture this: it’s the mid-'90s. Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise dominates the airwaves, and America’s crime hysteria is peaking. It’s the perfect time for a new villain to emerge: the “superpredator.”…

S5E14 One Bag of Crack for Bush Senior, Please!

Nov 12, 2024 39m

In the summer of 1989, President George H.W. Bush’s War on Drugs needs a dramatic touch for his first national address: a bag of crack cocaine bought steps from the White House. The DEA zeroes in on…

S5E13 The Rise and Fall of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International

Nov 05, 2024 39m

This week we’re taking a step back to Miami, 1987. South Beach is buzzing, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) looks like any other bank—until you take a closer look. BCCI was no…

S5E12 This is Your Brain on Anti-Drug Propaganda

Oct 29, 2024 1h 8m

Get ready for a deep dive into America’s anti-drug propaganda! This week, we’re tackling everything from Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” crusade to McGruff the Crime Dog and the DARE program. We’re…

S5E11 Locked and Loaded: Reagan’s Crack Offensive

Oct 22, 2024 43m

We're not done with Reagan just yet! This week, we’re honing in on the crack epidemic and its devastating impact on Black communities. We unpack the 1980s shift in American politics, where Reagan's…

S5E10 Reagan’s Drug War: Are You Better Off Than You Were 43 Years Ago?

Oct 15, 2024 51m

This week, we’re finally taking on Reagan and his starring role in the War on Drugs—there’s so much to unpack, we had to make it a two-parter. Reagan tackled the drug problem with the subtlety of a…

S5E9 ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon’s Public Enemy No. 1

Oct 08, 2024 57m

In this episode, we’re diving deep into the art of linguistic manipulation with a profile on one of America’s most racist presidents: Richard Nixon. Last week, we covered how the war on drugs helped…

S5E8 Frank Serpico and the Terrible, No Good, Very Corrupt NYPD

Oct 01, 2024 53m

This week we’re diving deep into the sick and twisted and well, corrupt underbelly of the NYPD during the 1960s and 70s. It was a simpler time when cops and criminals were one and the same. And the…

S5E7 Playboy Panel: The Drug Revolution Remix (Fraudsters Edition)

Sep 24, 2024 46m

In this week’s episode, we bring to life a 1970 panel discussion hosted by Playboy magazine, where key figures from law enforcement, academia, medicine, and counterculture clash over cannabis. The…

S5E6 Billie Holiday vs. The Haters

Sep 17, 2024 57m

God Bless the Child that tunes into Fraudsters this week! In this episode, we’re diving deep into the story of Billie Holiday. Using three pivotal arrests from her life, we explore how systemic…

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