Hi, it's Catherine. Those of you who have listened to my former red collar series on Audio

Chuck or my IHeart podcast, Hell and Gone, may already know that I am super passionate about

calls to action. So for this new podcast, I'm going to be doing things a little differently.

Each week, along with the main episode that releases on Thursday, I'm going to have a shorter

bonus episode. I use the tagline, follow the blood money, because I I'm going to have a shorter bonus episode.

I use the tagline, follow the blood money, because I think it is so important to understand,

not just the financial transactions that are going on, but the psychology behind these red-collar

criminals. And in these bonus episodes, I'm hopeful that we can take some lessons from these cases, especially

since red-collar crime is an area that is still not understood by a lot of people. I also know that

sometimes listening to true crime stories can make us feel helpless, so we're going to take back

some of that control. In these many episodes, I'm going to focus on things that we

learn from the cases and hopefully give listeners out there some insight into what you can do going

forward if you or someone you love is dealing with a red-collar crime situation in their lives.

This is the companion episode to House of Horrors about the Eric Hanson case.

Now, if you have not already

listened to that episode, be warned, there will be spoilers. If this is not your cup of tea, you can

just fast forward through it, and don't worry, regular episodes will be released every Thursday.

For this week's mini episode, I'm going to focus on a question that several people asked me

after listening to the Eric Hanson episode.

They said if I have someone like that in my family, what can I do to protect myself or my parents or relatives?

In this country, we talk constantly about fraud and scammers.

But family member fraud is still very taboo for a lot of people. I'm sure that a lot of

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