January 11, 2024 • 103 mins
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!
You can check out the Book vs. Movie Podcast here!
Research links below!
For Better Science - "Macchiarini's trachea transplant 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"
You can check out the Book vs. Movie Podcast here!
Research links below!
For Better Science - "Macchiarini's trachea transplant 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"
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