Ex Con Man On Stealing From His Employer & Getting Sent To Prison | Craig Stanland

Locked In with Ian Bick

Ian Bick

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🗓️ 29 October 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Committing fraud against the major tech corporation that employs you doesn’t seem like an entry-level crime. But Craig Stanland had lived a relatively normal life until he was tempted by the prospect of “easy” money. Now known as a “reinvention architect,” Craig tells Ian how he lost it all, spent time at the infamous Otisville Federal Prison Camp, and found his sense of purpose after re-entry. Connect with Craig Stanland: https://www.craigstanland.com Buy Merch: https://lockedinbrand.com Use code lockedin at checkout to get 10% off your order Connect with Ian Bick: https://www.ianbick.com 00:00 Intro 01:28 New Merch discount 03:03 Childhood 06:34 Comparing his childhood to other kids 09:10 Drinking at an early age 11:23 Looking for help internally 14:00 Getting kicked out of college 20:18 You don’t need college 23:20 Getting into corporate 31:18 Life as he was working way up in company 33:15 The start of the fraud 46:12 Almost getting caught 47:39 How he was spending the money 50:50 Getting caught 55:13 Approached by postal inspectors 57:58 Arrested by the FBI 1:04:10 What he did after getting the fbi call 1:05:34 First conversation with wife 1:10:07 Sam Bankmanfreid 1:13:17 always have a lawyer present 1:14:50 Sentenced to prison 1:17:55 Otisville Federal Prison Camp 1:22:45 Contraband Phones 1:24:22 Are prison Camps neccessary 1:27:24 Seeing medical at the camp 1:32:59 Wearing the ankle bracelet 1:34:12 Challenges as a felon 1:39:27 Lessons Produced by: https://www.instagram.com/shanedanahy https://www.shanedanahy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	But there's no fence, there's no barbed wire. There is free movement. I could just walk from building to building. I can go to the gym. I can walk wherever I want whenever I want. You know, when I first arrived, I'm looking at it. There's picnic tables outside up on the hill. It's kind of landscaped. You know, I mean, prison like budget, so it's not gorgeous or anything. I got invited to Saturday sit downs.s, but we would have Linguini with clam sauce.
0:23.2	This guy would have stuff brought in. You'd have the clams brought in because you're not getting
0:27.6	that on commissary or anything like that. And he would do the pasta in the microwave, bread from
0:32.3	Arthur Avenue, and it had real butter. And the COs come over. And they're just looking at this feast.
0:39.0	There's about 10 of us, give or take, that are sitting down enjoying all this.
0:42.7	And he goes, that doesn't look like anything you can get on commissary.
0:47.3	Here's your plate.
0:48.2	Thank you very much.
0:49.5	On today's episode, we have Craig Stanlin, the author of Blank Canvas, How I Reinvented My Life
0:56.1	After Prison. Craig defrauded a tech giant, lost everything, spent two years in federal
1:01.6	prison, and then went on a mission to reinvent himself from scratch. Thank you guys, the viewers,
1:07.5	the listeners, week after week for supporting the show. We would not be here without you.
1:13.2	If you guys could give us a like, a comment, a subscribe on YouTube, or if you're listening to us on
1:17.9	audio streaming platforms, please leave us a review and rate the show. It does us wonders and
1:24.3	help getting the show out to more people. Remember, we have new merch just in time for the holiday season at eInbic.com.
1:31.4	You use code locked in at checkout.
1:34.5	You could get 10% off your order.
1:36.7	Thank you again, everyone, the viewers and the listeners for tuning into this week's episode.
1:41.5	And I hope you guys sit back, relax, and get ready to get locked in with Craig Stanlin.
2:00.4	It's a pleasure to have you on the show. James' producer, James Alter's producer, connected us. Before I even went on the show, he said, hey, here's my friend Craig. You've got to get him on the show. So here we are today a couple months later. It's unbelievable how it all came together, and I can't thank you enough for having me here.
2:19.1	I've been really looking forward to this.
2:21.5	And a huge thanks to Jay for connecting us.
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