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Ridiculous Crime
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Michael Sabo was a classic con man. He posed as a respectable doctor, he wrote phony checks, he stole coins, and he misled trusting people. And what does a classic con man do after getting caught? Turn that grifter knowledge into another con: consulting.
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| 1:32.0 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Ridiculous crime is a production of iHeartRadio. |
| 1:38.4 | Hey, Zara, and you know it's ridiculous? Yeah, it was a bit done. I do. The fact that |
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| 2:01.9 | Yeah, welcome to the show, Siri. Well, yeah, that everything that just happened is ridiculous. |
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