BONUS | Creating a Con: The Story of Bitconned

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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BONUS EPISODE - Enjoy this featured bonus episode from the podcast Creating a Con: The Story of Bitconned. To get an inside look into Ray Trapani, Centra Tech, and all the characters in the podcast, check out Bitcoin, exclusively on Netflix available to stream now. S1: E1 – Breaking Bad “For as long as I can remember I was always trying to make a couple pennies.” That’s Ray Trapani, one of the co-founders of the crypto-currency company, Centra Tech. In the premiere episode of Creating a Con: The Story of Bitconned, we hear the origin story of Ray, the guy who, in his own words said, “I always wanted to be a criminal since I was a kid”. Was it destined in his nature? Or would this prolific con artist be shaped by his environment and the influences on his life from an early age? If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

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0:00.0	I'm at the casino until roughly 4 a.m.
0:04.0	In the wee hours of the morning, after all they've gone to bed.
0:12.0	I leave the casino. I get home within 20 minutes. I had an apartment that was close by.
0:18.0	Yes, I go to myself.
0:21.6	Think of things that you have sick.
0:26.6	You know, a regular night.
0:28.6	I go to bed.
0:31.6	Yeah, but I fall asleep.
0:34.6	I get woken up to a loud pounding on the door.
0:38.3	If there is anything for me,
0:41.3	it's either you're getting robbed,
0:43.3	someone trying to knock down the door or the cops.
0:46.3	So I grab my gun right away to defend the house.
0:50.3	I always have a lot of cash in my safe.
0:53.3	Then I hear...
0:56.0	FBI open up!
0:58.0	I just put my gun down, I go open the door.
1:02.0	But when you looked at me and smiled.
1:06.0	Hands up.
1:09.0	That's when it all began.
1:11.6	That's Ray.
1:13.6	He surrendered to the FBI right then and there.
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