Love bites. Medicine lies. Tune in for a double dose of deceit – where hearts break and bank accounts bleed. This week, BTC talks romance scams and medical fraud. A special thank you to this week’s guest host, Eileen Walters!
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Research links below!
For Better Science – “Macchiarini’s trachea trans-plant patients: the full list”
The Guardian – “Sweden: surgeon convicted of bodily harm over synthetic trachea transplant”
The Guardian – “Dr Con Man: the rise and fall of a celebrity scientist who fooled almost everyone”
Vanity Fair – “The Celebrity Surgeon Who Used Love, Money, and the Pope to Scam an NBC News Producer”
AARP Podcast – The Perfect Scam – Star Studded Wedding Becomes Bride’s Worst Nightmare – Episodes 131-132 – August 25 / September 1, 2022
Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife – Netflix Series – November 2023
New York Post – “America’s most prolific romance scammer sentenced to 5-year slap on the wrist”
CNN – “A fake Romeo charmed more than 100 women with promises of romance, then scammed them. Now he’s going to prison”
The New York Times – “Dating Scammer Who Swindled Women Sentenced to Five Years in Prison”
Love Fraud – “Patrick Giblin trolls phone dating lines, taking money from 132 women”
U.S. Department of Justice – “Atlantic City Man Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison for Escape and Wire Fraud”
Daily Beast – “Inside the Heartbreaking Cons of America’s Most Prolific Romance Scammer”
The U.S. Sun – “Stole her Heart: Inside heartless crimes of ‘fake Romeo’ Patrick Giblin likened to Tinder Swindler who scammed hundreds out of thousands”
U.S. Department of Justice – “Atlantic City Man Admits Escape and Wire Fraud”
The Philadelphia Inquirer – “New Jersey con man charged with using dating services to scam”
Federal Trade Commission – “Romance scammers’ favorite lies exposed”
