Summary
David Bunevacz is the king of faking it ‘til you make it. After running a shady Olympics ticket brokering scheme, he moves on to his most lucrative venture yet: A weed vape company that seems to be minting money. David and his family move into a Calabasas mansion once owned by Kylie Jenner. But when David starts enlisting his friends as investors in the company, they can smell that something isn’t right. It won’t be long before it all goes up in smoke.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Primembers, you can listen to Scamplenzer's ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:12.1 | Sasha, I don't know if you noticed this in New York, but every new business in Toronto is either a weed shop or a vape store or |
| 0:19.3 | Some combination of both. Yeah, it's paradise. Every time I see one, I do wonder are these businesses |
| 0:26.4 | Actually lucrative. I mean, I'm barely convinced they're all businesses, but go on |
| 0:31.3 | I know none of it makes sense and today's story takes the business of vaping to a very scammy new high |
| 0:42.7 | It's January of 2018 and we're at a party at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills |
| 0:48.7 | The hotel opened just six months ago, and it's got a real new money vibe |
| 0:53.6 | The event space has high ceilings cream carpets and huge windows |
| 0:58.7 | It's filled with rich business people and minor celebrities like Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson |
| 1:04.5 | The party is being hosted by David and Jessica Boonevatch in celebration of their 14-year-old daughter Brianna |
| 1:11.4 | She's about to make her first TV appearance on a reality show called Making a Model with Yolanda Hadid |
| 1:18.2 | Brianna is an aspiring supermodel and Jessica is her self-described momager |
| 1:23.4 | Most of the guests at this party are friends of David's and David has a lot of friends |
| 1:28.6 | Maybe they know him from another one of his lavish parties or from the prayer circles he hosts at his mansion in Calabasas |
| 1:35.2 | Maybe they met him at one of Brianna's equestrian shows |
| 1:38.3 | Either way, there's a good chance they're also in business with him |
| 1:41.9 | David runs a weed vape company and has a habit of asking all his new friends if they want to invest in it |
| 1:47.5 | And when they get a glimpse of his luxurious lifestyle, it's hard for them to say no |
| 1:52.5 | Well, you know how luxurious the weed vape industry is Sarah. Yeah, it really is the height of glamor and |
| 1:59.3 | I imagine David taking a moment to really admire the party |
| 2:03.2 | There's a packed room filled with people who trust him. There's his wife talking to a tabloid reporter about their daughter |
| 2:10.2 | Maybe he feels a swell of pride. It's taken a lot of work for him to get here |
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