Hooker chemical cooperation dumped over 80 toxic substances that love connect.

For $53 million, she stole from the city of Dixonone, orchestrating the largest blotter scam ever.

White collar and corporate crime is a worldwide epidemic.

From simple embezzlements, frauds, con artists, and Ponzi schemes to devastating environmental disasters and economic depressions,

these financially motivated crimes have shaped our world in unimaginable ways.

All in the name of greed.

Swindled is a podcast that uses narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to explore these true cases of white collar and corporate crime.

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Southern fraud true crime covers cases that may not be suitable for young listeners.

And there may also be some explicit language used.

Listener discretion is advised.

Imagine that you are told the police are looking for you.

That they have warrants.

You know you've done nothing wrong, and you want to do the right thing.

You want to get ahead of this.

Avoid being put in cuffs.

Say you go to the police station and tell them you're here they're looking for you.

You wait nervously for the detective assigned to your case.

He tells you you're in big trouble, but won't say what you did.

You plead with him.

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