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    Truth, Lies and Coverups with Traci Brown

    You're in the right place for the real and unpolished truth about fraud, crime, scams and threats to your bottom line. Episodes include conversations with notorious criminals, victims and FBI agents that get to the bottom of it. From their jaw-dropping stories you'll discover how to spot fraud, crime, scams and detect lies so you protect yourself from personal and business losses. Your host Traci Brown is the Fraud-Busting Body Language Expert. She's spent the last 20 years reading people and uncovering secrets hidden in plain sight.
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    Episodes (154)

    And Then John Gotti Walks In --With Retired NYPD Officer Vic Ferrari Ep. 106

    And Then John Gotti Walks In  --With Retired NYPD Officer Vic Ferrari Ep. 106

    What’s it like to be an NYPD officer?  Vic Ferrari recounts his time on the force. You’ll learn what businesses the mob usually gets into and what they do to guys who snitch on them, how Chinese government officials get their cars and lots more.  This is as true as true crime gets.

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    Dirty Money Moves with Jami Rice Ep. 105

    Dirty Money Moves with Jami Rice Ep. 105

    Former Commercial Banker Jami Rice had a front row seat to a $15M fraud.  She was part of the team that made a $15M loan to Mary Caroll McDonnel, a fake heiress to the McDonnel Douglas Fortune.  She’ll recount exactly how the wool got pulled over the eyes of some of the most reputable banks in California. 

    Be sure to listen to her true crime podcasts Dirty Money Moves and Murderish.

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    Blindsided --When the Swat Team Shows Up at Your House with Darcy Luoma Ep. 104

    Blindsided --When the Swat Team Shows Up at Your House with Darcy Luoma Ep. 104

    Darcy Luoma was blindsided when a neighbor called to tell her that the SWAT team was at her house and took her husband.  Listen to find out what he did wrong, what happened next and her journey thru the legal system, crisis management and putting her own coaching model to the test….landing at  forgiveness.

    Darcy is the author of Thoughtfully Fit.  Be sure you read more about her riveting journey.

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    They Assumed it was Fraud From the Beginning with Nora Burns Ep. 103

    They Assumed it was Fraud From the Beginning with Nora Burns Ep. 103

    What would you do if your car got stolen?   Nora Burns takes us thru her journey of finding her car without the help of the police and how that led her to testifying to a Grand Jury.  She’ll tell us exactly what to do, and what not to do and how she was getting ripped off left and right.  And she’ll reveal what NOT to do in a 7-11 store.

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    The Info She WON’t Give …. With Robin Barnhardt Ep. 102

    The Info She WON’t Give …. With Robin Barnhardt Ep. 102

    The Department of Homeland Security is watching you.  Sometimes you know it, and sometimes you don’t.  Former Behavior Detection Officer and Trainer Robin Barnhardt joins us today to chat about  what some of the body language officers are looking for that may indicate a threat.  You may have talked with them and didn’t even know it.  Keep listening to learn what info she WON’T give us.

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    Traci & Alex's Fraud Chat Ep. 101

    Traci & Alex's Fraud Chat Ep. 101

    Lucky Charms and lots more - Traci and Super Producer Alex report on all the fraud that’s fit to talk about: Elizabeth Hoomes, Food Fraud, Copy Cat Fraud, Steve Bannon, Bed Bath and Beyond, HOV lane violations and even the history of slavery.

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    Uvalde Shooting Unmasked with Active Shooter Expert Carol Cambridge Ep. 100.

    Uvalde Shooting Unmasked with Active Shooter Expert Carol Cambridge Ep. 100.

    What REALLY went on at the Uvalde school shooting?  Active Shooter Expert Carol Cambridge fills us in on the details of why things led to complacency and miscommunication and allowed things to  go so wrong.  You’ll learn what you should do if you find yourself in an active shooter true crime situation.  Your life could depend on it.

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    There is No Innocent Explanation—Inside the Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme with FBI Agent Paul Roberts Ep. 97

    There is No Innocent Explanation—Inside the Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme with FBI Agent Paul Roberts Ep. 97

    Bernie Madoff carried out a 40 year $50B ponzi scheme and FBI Agent Paul Roberts was a lead investigator.  He gives us the inside scoop on the 3 year investigation from Bernie’s immediate admission, why he did it, the fake documents it took to fool the SEC, who cooperated, who didn’t and how a pet Chihuahua knew everything all along.

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    And Then They Pointed a Gun at My Head with Marcy Maslov Ep. 96

    And Then They Pointed a Gun at My Head  with Marcy Maslov Ep. 96

    Corporate Finance Director Marcy Maslov  was tipped off to $1M missing from a huge corporation as well as multiple rapes at her facility.  She recounts the story of EXACTLY what happened, how she figured out who she can trust and how the true crime changed her life forever.

    You can find more on her ethics training game at www.e-factorgame.com

     

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    Was it Pirates or Something Else? With Kit Chellel Ep. 94

    Was it Pirates or Something Else?  With Kit Chellel Ep. 94

    Billion dollar cargo ships, ransom and AK47s.  This is the world Kit Chellel, co author of Dead in the Water went deep into.  What exactly happened to the Brillante Virtuso oil tanker?  Why didn’t reports of the pirates and fire on board match up?  Was this a $77M case of insurance fraud?  Listen to find out what happened and his adventures into the dark underbelly of maritime shipping.

    Be sure to get your copy of Kit’s book Dead in the Water anywhere books are sold.  You’ll be fascinated.

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    And Then I Went To The Other Side….. with Donna Sardanopoli Ep. 93

    And Then I Went To The Other Side….. with Donna Sardanopoli Ep. 93

    Former New York Stock Exchange Investigator Donna Sardanopoli reveals some of her biggest cases investigating securities fraud.  Find out why she was called a thorn in the side of a brokerage and what they did to solve the problem of her repeated visits and violations at their office.

     

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    I'm Lance Armstrong's Dad with Terry Armstrong Ep. 91

    I'm Lance Armstrong's Dad with Terry Armstrong Ep. 91

    What’s it like to be Lance Armstrong’s dad?  Terry Armstrong reveals what his son - disgraced Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong doesn’t want us to know—the REAL story behind his rise and fall.  Bombshells are revealed.    And the one thing he‘d say to Lance if he had the chance to.  This is big time shocking true crime.

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    I Didn’t Think I Was the Bad Guy with Jerome Mayne Ep. 89

    I Didn’t Think I Was the Bad Guy with Jerome Mayne  Ep. 89

    One day regular guy mortgage broker Jerome Mayne got a call from the FBI that they were coming to take him into custody.  But they wouldn’t tell him why.  He only found out that he’d been involved in a mortgage money laundering scheme when he got to court.  Listen to find out what decisions he made that led him to prison so you can avoid the same true crime fate.

     

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    The Faked Death $25B Crypto Currency Scam with Erica Stanford Ep. 88

    The Faked Death $25B Crypto Currency Scam with Erica Stanford Ep. 88

    Crypto scammers are outsmarting the FBI.  Crypto Currency Expert Erica Stanford fills us in on the $25B true crime scam and the founder of it who’s been illuding capture since 2017.  Is she missing, faked her death or get plastic surgery to conceal her identity?  And we’ll hear how to spot a crypto currency scam before you invest so you don’t end up broke.

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    Is it Fraud? It’s more insidious than that… with DJ Rausa Ep. 87

    Is it Fraud?  It’s more insidious than that… with DJ Rausa Ep. 87

    A waitress with an MBA and $50k in student loan debt, a state psychologist with $880,000 in student loan debt. What happens when they can’t pay it back?  Is it fraud? Or is it something else?  Did the government set them up to fail?   Student Loan Bankruptcy lawyer DJ Rausa knows his way around the system and puts helps his clients avoid financial ruin.  He’ll fill us in on how to avoid current loan forbearance traps that the government is setting RIGHT NOW so you can keep yourself and your loved ones out of huge financial trouble and their own true crime scandal. 

     

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    Scandals! with Traci and Alex Ep. 86

    Scandals! with Traci and Alex Ep. 86

    Traci and Super Producer Alex talk about their new video project, the Amber Herd and Johnny Depp Trial, What the Body Language of Lee Harvey Oswald reveals, The REAL story behind Amazon’s Alexa, PPP loan fraud and lots more true crime.

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    The Paradox of Power: Negotiating with David Koresh in the Waco standoff with Gary Noesner Ep. 85

    The Paradox of Power:  Negotiating with David Koresh in the Waco standoff with Gary Noesner Ep. 85

    FBI Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner takes us inside FBI operations at the Branch Dividian Standoff in Waco, TX where he was in charge of negotiation with David Koresh.  He also negotiated successful ends to the Republic of Texas standoff and prison riots just to name a few.  We’ll learn his techniques to bargain with anyone to get to a mutually agreed upon resolution, even in life or death situations. 

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