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Confessions of a Ponzi Schemer

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This episode offers an unprecedented look into the life of the 'Timepiece Gentleman' Ponzi schemer, Anthony Farrar, whose love for luxury watches spiraled into a deceitful web of lies, culminating in a rare and candid confession. If you want to hear more wild Ponzi stories, subscribe to The Ponzi Playbook hosted by me, Javier Leiva, and my buddy Neal McTighe. SUBSCRIBE: https://t.co/M02YhRa5Iq _______ Also, listen to Javier's interview on The Film Nuts podcast. Subscribe to Film Nuts Podcast on Apple Podcast or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Creative Apple.

0:06.0

Hey guys, it's Mehavi, I'm busy working on the next series, which hopefully should be out next week.

0:11.0

But in the meantime meantime I released this episode of the Ponzi

0:15.8

Playbook, you know my third podcast and this one has pretend written all over it so

0:21.3

I thought you know while I'm working on the next series, take a listen, if you haven't

0:26.4

listened to the Ponzi playbook. This one's an epic, epic episode because we talk about a lot of

0:32.1

Ponzi schemes, but we never get to hear from the Ponzi schemer themselves.

0:37.2

And in this episode you actually get to hear a full confession.

0:42.1

So if you like it, subscribe to the Ponzi

0:44.3

playbook. It's a different podcast and pretend but I think it's a lot of fun and

0:49.2

I think you'll like it. And at the end of the episode, stick around because I'm going to play you a clip of the Film Nuts

0:56.5

Podcast. I was a guest recently and they invited me to talk about my favorite movie, catch me if you can, so I'm going to play you a

1:07.0

clip of that podcast at the end of this episode.

1:11.2

All right, here's the Timepiece gentleman from the Ponzi playbook. Enjoy. Today, Javier, we're going to be talking about the timepiece gentleman.

1:27.0

Oh, wow. I'm picturing a guy wearing a monocle, you know he has this like

1:36.6

this gold watch encrusted in diamonds he's shiverous courteous, honorable man.

1:43.6

Honorable man opening doors for all of the women and so polite, right?

1:48.4

He is the timepiece gentleman.

1:51.2

But let's just say this name is riddled with irony because the

1:57.6

time piece gentleman, the subject of today's show, this guy instead is a highly argumentative foul mouth, brash, heavily tatted,

2:08.4

I mean, tight black t-shirt wearing, Lambo-driving, Ponzi scheming, watch stealing man.

2:16.1

Oh man, this timepiece gentleman.

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