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🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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He started small, swiping cards, buying gift cards, and cashing out. It spiraled into a full‑blown criminal enterprise. Dozens of co‑conspirators, stacks of stolen plastic, and a lifestyle built on chaos.
Meet Nathan Michael, leader of Oak Cliff Swipers.
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| 0:00.0 | Man, have I got a story for you? Where did this one even come from? Oh yeah, it was, it was Twitter. I got a |
| 0:06.9 | Twitter DM and this guy's like, hi, I'm Nathan. I'm like, okay. And he was like, yeah, I've done some |
| 0:13.0 | stuff and you might want to interview me. I should note right here that this episode has a lot |
| 0:19.8 | of swear words and I would say as for mature audiences. |
| 0:24.2 | So if you have some sensitive ears around you, I recommend listening to this one with headphones or whatever you need to do. |
| 0:29.6 | That's your warning. That's your graphic warning for this one. |
| 0:32.4 | So typically when someone DMs me and says, hey, you know, you should interview me for your show. |
| 0:37.6 | My first response, without even knowing anything about them is, can I see your police reports? |
| 0:46.2 | Because a lot of people who message me, they like want to be on the show for hacking something, but maybe they've never been caught. |
| 0:52.3 | And so I hate to glorify their actions, right? But even more so, it's probably true that their story isn't over yet. And it's just the |
| 0:59.7 | beginning. And I should probably check in with them in a few years to see how things are going. |
| 1:03.5 | But I also have CEOs message me and say, hey, I'd like to come on the show and tell you |
| 1:07.5 | about my product and how great everything is and how great we can |
| 1:11.7 | defend things and stuff. And so when I just immediately start by asking for a police report, |
| 1:18.0 | that cuts right through a lot of the small talk and gets right to the heart of what I'm looking for. |
| 1:22.2 | I want to know about the worst day of your life, the thing that happened that was just catastrophic to you. |
| 1:29.7 | And you probably don't even want to talk about that. |
| 1:32.7 | But with this guy, Nathan, I ask him for a police report. |
| 1:35.9 | He just starts sending me link after link, news reports and files and videos and photos and, yeah, indictments |
| 1:42.4 | and affidavits and all that stuff. |
| 1:44.2 | And it was piling up. |
| 1:45.4 | This story just kept growing. |
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