October 3, 2022

EP. 158 — The Bling Ring w/ Dewayne Perkins

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Dewayne Perkins joins us to discuss the Bling Ring, a group of teenagers who stole nearly $3 million from celebrities like Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and many more in 2008. Plus, a Thai YouTube star known as Nutty is accused of conning thousands of her fans out of $55 million dollars in a foreign exchange trading scam. Stay schemin’!

 

Sources:

https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/youtuber-nutty-natthamon-khongchak-wanted-for-defrauding-followers/

https://meaww.com/you-tube-star-nutty-flees-thailand-after-conning-more-than-6000-fans-for-5-32-million-dollars

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e9cc0cc3-dbf1-4fab-8367-5fc7c05608e6

https://allthatsinteresting.com/alexis-neiers

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2132285/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15039492/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

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