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MURDERISH

Becoming Tara Lee | Dirty Money Moves S2

MURDERISH

Cloud10

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Jami introduces listeners to Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime Season 2 Episode 1, where she unravels the shocking case of Tara Lee—a con artist with a taste for luxury and a ruthless streak. Instead of earning her wealth, Tara exploited the vulnerable, leaving a trail of devastation in her wake. In this episode, we take a deep dive into her manipulative schemes and the lives she destroyed along the way. This is just the beginning—catch the full season on Dirty Money Moves, the podcast.  Sponsors Acorns: Visit acorns.com/murderish or download the Acorns app to get started. Hungryroot: Visit Hungryroot.com/murderish and use code murderish to get 40% off your first box and a free item of your choice for life. Follow Jami on Instagram & TikTok @JamiOnAir where she comments on true crime cases and reality TV! She also talks about skincare and shares a glimpse into her life as a mid-forties mom, entrepreneur and spicy GenXer who isn’t afraid to speak out on anything. Subscribe to Jami’s YouTube channel @JamiOnAir: https://www.youtube.com/@jamionair Dirty Money Movies - Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/dirtymoney Lipstick & Lies - Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lipstick-lies/id1704189120 Research and writing by Gina Mazzolini.  Want to advertise on this show? We’ve partnered with Cloud10 Media to handle our advertising requests. If you’re interested in advertising on MURDERISH, please send an email to Sahiba Krieger [email protected] and copy [email protected].  Visit Murderish.com to learn more about the podcast and Creator/Host, Jami, and to view a list of sources for this episode.  Listening to this podcast doesn’t make you a murderer, it just means you’re murder..ish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:30.1

Hey, murderish listeners, it's Jamie.

0:32.3

In case you missed it, I want to share an episode from one of my other podcasts, Dirty Money Moves.

0:37.4

In season two of Dirty Money Moves.

0:42.8

In season two of Dirty Money Moves, we unraveled the case of adoption scammer, Tara Lee,

0:46.7

a woman with expensive taste for luxury jewelry and accessories.

0:51.8

She satisfied her greedy desires by preying on the vulnerable and disadvantaged,

0:56.1

using babies to manipulate and steal from hundreds of people who were desperate to start a family. She's a con artist of the worst kind, and in this episode,

1:02.6

we're kicking off the story with a deep dive into her ruthless world. This is episode one of the

1:08.5

series. If you want to catch the rest of the series,

1:11.1

make sure you follow dirty money moves

1:13.0

in your favorite podcast player.

1:14.7

Now, let's get into it.

1:17.0

It was the fall of 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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