Fraud Friday: The Bad Vegan w/ Solomon Georgio

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

It's Fraud Friday! This week, we revisit our episode with Solomon Georgio. We discuss Sarma Melngailis, a business woman who went from the “Queen of Vegan Cuisine" to the “Vegan Bernie Madoff”. Plus, pet scams have become such a problem in Michigan that the Michigan Attorney General released a video warning residents. Stay Schemin'! This was recorded on March 3rd, 2022. Research by Kaelyn Brandt. Sources: https://people.com/food/bad-vegan-fame-fraud-fugitives-true-story/ https://people.com/crime/fugitive-former-vegan-restaurant-owner-caught-after-ordering-dominos-pizza/ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/how-sarma-melngailis-became-a-runaway-fugitive https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/sarma-melngailis-netflixs-bad-vegan-stares-down-her-past-and-future Netflix’s documentary, Bad Vegan https://www.intheknow.com/post/dog-breeder-scam/

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0:00.0	Schenge, Robber,
0:05.0	and Frog.
0:09.0	Scamp,
0:11.0	C, Cair, Robberry and Frog.
0:17.0	Scamp Goddess!
0:19.0	What's pop in congregation?
0:21.0	It's a girl Lacey Mosley, aka Sc Goddess in your back for another installment of you know what it is
0:26.8	Scamp Goddess! This is the podcast when we break down robbery, fraud, chicanery, hoodwings.
0:33.4	And you know, maybe we love him,
0:34.4	maybe we hate him.
0:35.2	As always, I am very, what?
0:37.2	Yes, excited.
0:38.8	Elated, ecstatic for today's guests.
0:41.4	This is the homie, he's so funny, this is the second time on the show, he's a hilarious comedian, and he's a writer. He's channeled his love for gossip into a brand new podcast called The Juice Out Meal.
0:55.0	Not so much celebrity gossip but think hookups and dinnies, chair sniffing coworkers,
0:59.7	or neighborhood drama, the drama we love, and celebrate stories filled with low stakes and high pettiness.
1:06.0	Also catch him headlining at the Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis.
1:10.0	Come on a few in Minneapolis, get out there from April 13th to the 16th.
1:13.4	Y'all can see him live in color.
1:16.2	Congregation, congregation, why did I say congratulations?
1:18.7	Also congratulations, Solomon, congregation.
1:22.2	Please welcome Solomon Georgio.
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