Fraud Friday: The Rogue Runner of Princeton w/ Nimesh Patel

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by Nimesh Patel (Thank You China) to discuss James Hogue, named one of Time’s Top 10 Imposters, this runner turned bike-thief fooled an Ivy League school into thinking he was a student but was really a 31-year-old con man. Plus, the Red Power Ranger has been arrested by the FBI because of COVID fraud. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 06/27/2022) CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show, Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Did you miss out on a custom signed Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes book? Look no more, nab your copy here on PODSWAG Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Nimesh Patel: @findingnimesh Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/red-power-ranger-actor-charged-multimillion-dollar-ppp-covid-relief-fr-rcna29813 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/03/the-runner https://www.aspentimes.com/news/famed-con-man-who-lived-in-ajax-shack-arrested-again-in-aspen/ https://paw.princeton.edu/article/strange-case-james-arthur-hogue

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0:00.0	What's popping, congregation?
0:02.5	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:05.0	Welcome to an episode of Fraud Fridays, where we release older episodes from the
0:11.6	scam goddess Vault.
0:13.0	That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring back your favorite episodes from behind
0:16.8	the paywall.
0:18.1	Enjoy this episode from behind the paywall.
0:20.3	And as always, stay scheming.
0:23.0	Scam, car robbery, and fraud.
0:31.7	Scam, card, robbery, and fraud. Scam card, robbery robbery and fraud.
0:38.3	Scam Goddess.
0:41.3	What's Popping Congregation? It's your girl Scam Goddess, aka Lacey Mosley, and we're back with another installation of Scam Goddess, the podcast all about robbery, fraud, and those who practice it, Annie. If you know the show, you know that I am. Yes, very excited. Come on, keep our
0:56.7	blues, clues, scam relationship, parisocial relationship up. Love it for all of us. All right,
1:02.2	besties, right now, I'm about to bring on a real treat. Like, this is about to be like the most
1:07.4	audio, delicious voice you have ever heard. I know y'all are tired of me screeching, so you're welcome.
1:13.7	We have a hilarious writer, producer and comedian on the show.
1:17.3	He was a writer on Saturday Night Live.
1:19.4	Yes, that S&L.
1:20.5	And he wrote for Chris Rock.
1:21.9	Check out his new self-produced hour stand-up special.
1:25.1	Thank you, China, which premiered June 3rd on his YouTube
1:28.7	channel, Honey Congregation. Please, guys, welcome Namesh Patel to the show. Of course. Thank you
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