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EP. 231.5 — Fraud Friday: The Faux Footballer w/ Gianni Paolo
It’s Friday, con-gregation! This week, we revisit our episode with Gianni Paolo 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’!
This episode was originally released on July 14th, 2020.
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Research by Sharilyn Vera.
Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Kaiser_(footballer)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/6798246/carlos-kaiser-farce-footballer-documentary-brazil/
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