White Collar Crime and Fraud Podcast

Jun 09 2024 62 ep. 30 mins 71

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An exploration of fraud and white collar crime. Your host is Gene P. Tausk of The Tausk Law Firm in Houston, TX. We will discuss various aspects of fraud and white collar crime involving fraud including: legal, historical, the personalities involved, law enforcement responses and the victims of fraud. Inquiries for future podcast subjects always welcome. Introduction and exit music: Dark Hallway (clean) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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So - you are cooperating with the US Government

Jun 09 2024 26 mins

We continue our series of podcasts with a focus on what happens when you are cooperating with the Government.

Season 4 Episode 6 - The Investigation and Prosecution of a White Collar Crime

May 05 2024 28 mins

We continue our discussion of what happens if a person is investigated for and charged with a white collar crime. In this episode, we discuss what occurs when the defendant wishes to make a plea deal with the government.

Season 4, Episode 5 - A White Collar Criminal Investigation and Prosdcution

Apr 22 2024 28 mins

What happens when a white collar crime prosecution begins and how does it end? In this multi-part episode, we will discuss the beginning and end of a white collar prosecution from the investigative phase through the end of trial.

Season 4 Episode 4: Look over here! Stage magic and fraud

Mar 29 2024 29 mins

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.

Season 4 Episode 3: The Friendship Bracelet Scam

Feb 17 2024 27 mins

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 o

Season 4, Episode 2 - In Vino Veritas

Feb 04 2024 28 mins

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 fr

Season 4, Episode 1: Fraud Goes to the Movies Pt. 2

Jan 06 2024 49 mins

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.

Season 3, Episode 18: Fraud Goes to the Movies pt. 1

Dec 25 2023 39 mins

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 cri

Season 3, Episode 17: The Halloween Episode

Nov 05 2023 28 mins

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

Season 3, Episode 16: Fraud in the Roman World

Oct 22 2023 30 mins

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.