Stage magicians have been around since at least the time of the ancient Egyptians. We are amazed at how someone can appear to levitate on stage or how someone can be sawed in half. It should come as no surprise, then that the art of misdirection, so critical to the work of stage magicians, is also in the arsenal of fraudsters and white collar criminals. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gene-tausk/message ..read more

The Friendship Bracelet scam is a scam that is perpetuated on foreigners and travelers. It involves a scammer's knowledge of human psychology, especially the principle that most people will want to pay for a gift, even if payment is not initially required. A scammer also relies on the fact that most people just want to be left alone, even if it means paying money. It's an old scam but one that travelers encounter every day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gene-tausk/message ..read more

Wine is a multi million dollar, if not multi billion dollar, industry spread across the world. Wine has a history stretching back tens of thousands of years as humans learned to domesticate grapes and then learned that the simple product of fermentation would yield..............what today we call "wine." It is no surprise then that just as wine has a long history, wine fraud also occurs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gene-tausk/message ..read more

This is the second part of a two-part episode. In this episode, I continue my discussions with film critic Alan Cerny regarding movies that have a fraud and/or white collar theme. This episode does contain some profanity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gene-tausk/message ..read more

This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Fraud and White Collar Crime are topics that are naturally made for the movies and TV. A con man always uses his knowledge of human emotions and weaknesses to do his job. In the hands of good actors, directors and screenwriters, fraud and white collar crime can make for an enjoyable movie experience. I am proud to host Alan Cerny, noted movie critic, as my guest on these two podcasts as we explore fraud and white collar crime at the movies. NOTE - this episode does contain some profanity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show ..read more

This is the second part of a two-part episode. In this episode, I continue my discussions with film critic Alan Cerny regarding movies that have a fraud and/or white collar theme. This episode does contain some profanity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gene-tausk/message ..read more

This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. Fraud and White Collar Crime are topics that are naturally made for the movies and TV. A con man always uses his knowledge of human emotions and weaknesses to do his job. In the hands of good actors, directors and screenwriters, fraud and white collar crime can make for an enjoyable movie experience. I am proud to host Alan Cerny, noted movie critic, as my guest on these two podcasts as we explore fraud and white collar crime at the movies. NOTE - this episode does contain some profanity. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show ..read more

Well......it's that time of year again. Time for my White Collar Crime and Fraud podcast's annual Halloween episode. We explore the world of fraud from a more, dare I say it..........."spookier" perspective. Enjoy. Spook2 by PeriTune | https://peritune.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gene-tausk/message ..read more

There is nothing new under the sun and this includes fraud. Fraud was an issue in the Roman world just as it is an issue for us. Debasement of the currency and the fraudulent use of weights and measures were serious issues in the Roman world..............as well as the machinations of the man thought to be the richest Roman who ever lived. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gene-tausk/message ..read more

Dr. Carl Sagan, among his other publications, discussed a "Baloney Detection Kit." This "kit" and the principles within were used by Dr. Sagan to combat pseudoscience and sloppy thinking. However, the nine tools in this Baloney Detection Kit are also an excellent way to combat fraud and white collar crime. I can't promise that by following all 9 rules of the Baloney Detection Kit you will never be a victim of fraud. I can promise, however, that your chances are greatly reduced. This show is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Carl Sagan - tireless champion for scientific reasoning and the wonder o ..read more