October 7, 2024

EP. 263 — The Tennis Match Fixer w/ Sona Movsesian

The world’s worst assistant Sona Movsesian (Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend) joins the Con-gregation to cover Grigor Sargsyan—the man who paid top pro tennis players to lose on purpose while running the biggest tennis match fixing ring in history. Plus, Sona tells us how she scammed her way into co-hosting Conan’s podcast. Stay schemin’!

 

This story was primarily investigated by The Washington Post’s Kevin Sieff in his article “Game, Set, Fix”:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan

 

Buy Sona’s book “The World’s Worst Assistant”:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675609/the-worlds-worst-assistant-by-sona-movsesian/

 

Buy Laci’s book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes”:

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press

 

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Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod

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Sona Movsesian: @sonamov

 

Research by Kaelyn Brandt.

 

SOURCES:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-itf-grigor-sargsyan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/tennis-match-fixing-gambling-investigation-belgium/

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/38913580/five-tennis-players-suspended-link-match-fixing-syndicate

 

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