April 11, 2024

EP. 237.5 — Fraud Friday: The CIA Swindler w/ Sasheer Zamata

It’s Fraud Friday! This week, we revisit our episode with Sasheer Zamata where she and Laci expose the man who told people he was a government spy who needed money and those people were like “sure.” Stay schemin’!

 

This was originally released Sept. 8, 2020.

 

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Research by Sharilyn Vera.

 

Sources:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/former-dea-spokesman-garrison-courtney-guilty-plea-cia-operative-4-4-million-fraud-scheme/

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2020/06/ex-federal-worker-pretended-to-be-cia-to-steal-millions-2/amp/

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