There is nothing that wets your true crime whistle like a juicy fraud story. Luckily, we’ve got two for you! Join Janelle and Vicky as they tackle more stories of people trying to game the system.
You can check out Murder and Such here!
Research links below:
Thought Co. – “The Whiskey Ring: Bribery Scandal of the 1870s”
National Archives – “Grant, Babcock, and the Whiskey Ring”
History – “Ulysses S. Grant, the Whiskey Ring and America’s First Special Prosecutor”
The New York Times – “845 Years in Prison, If the Authorities Can Catch Him; F.B.I. Says Fugitive Has a Flair For Fraud and Hiding Stolen Cash”
Bloomberg – “Fraudster Returns Home After Trump Commutes 835-Year Term”
“Anatomy of a Failure” by Sally Whitney
Times Herald-Records – “Convicted thief paid for religious school”
The Yeshiva World – “Shulem Weiss Suffers Stroke – Just Two Months After Commuted By President Trump”
The New York Times – “Fugitive Arrested in Austria After a Year on the Run”
