EP. 257.5 — Fraud Friday: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Chicanery w/ Dawn Richard

Iconic singer/songwriter Dawn Richard of Danity Kane joins the Con-gregation to help spill the controversial tea surrounding who really invented the Flamin’ Hot Cheeto. Plus, a former FBI agent cons a Texas woman out of $800,000. Stay schemin’! (Originally Released 06/14/2021)

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Research by Kaelyn Brandt

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SOURCES:

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-05-16/flamin-hot-cheetos-richard-montanez

https://www.newsweek.com/flamin-hot-cheeto-movie-true-story-creator-richard-montanez-1456377

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/20/origin-flamin-hot-cheetos-might-be-hot-lie-millions-will-still-gobble-it-up-anyway/

https://jezebel.com/turns-out-lying-about-inventing-flamin-hot-cheetos-is-a-1846922951

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/us/fbi-drug-scheme-charge.html?searchResultPosition=1

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