We got a word for the liars, the grifters, the lifters.

You know, all of the folks who don't want to play by the rules.

They're called cheats.

And on this podcast, we tell their stories.

And here's the thing about cheaters.

You never know who it's going to be.

You don't think they're going to lie to you.

It's not like somebody was forcing her to embezzle this money

and then take it to Vegas and put it on the table.

Our story is about people who go to the weirdest places

and furthest lengths to get what they want.

I show up and the guy who's like a white American guy is like,

oh, are you here for the man goes?

It's like, I'm in this cargo bay in Detroit Airport.

I'm like, what the hell is going on?

Sometimes she was in Tino getting some other kind of treatment

but then a day later, she would want to go dancing.

That led one of my friends to Google her.

One of the first results was that she was wanted for fraud in Utah.

And sure, there plenty of cheaters out there

were driven by money, power, and fame.

But often the motivation is not all that clear.

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