I Borrowed Money for the Russian Mob, Part 2

The Perfect Scam

AARP

True Crime, Aarp, Fraud, Society & Culture, Scam, Crime, Bobsullivan

4.5 • 980 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Therin Miller’s exciting new business venture with his roommate, Brant Holloway, is quickly becoming a nightmare. Not only does the luxury-car dealership seem to be part of an elaborate scam, but his girlfriend, Kirsten, uncovers a connection to some very dangerous people, including notorious Russian-born mobster Mani Chulpayev. Therin could be an accessory to some serious crimes. Terrified of going to prison, or worse, he and Kirsten come up with a plan.

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0:00.0	This Week on The Perfect Scam.
0:02.0	A gold chain dance against the skinny one's white tank top
0:05.0	as he beat the 29-year-old mechanic senseless
0:08.0	with a nickel-plated 357 Smith and Weston.
0:11.0	When the skinny guy needed a breather, his partner, a hefty six-foot
0:15.9	man in a sloppy white t-shirt and jeans added some shots with an aluminum bath.
0:21.3	Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan. When we left
0:29.6	Tharen Miller at the end of Part 1 He is starting a new business in Oklahoma City, a car
0:35.1	dealership with his roommate, Brant Holloway. He borrows half a million dollars
0:39.6	from banks to fund the startup costs, but when Brt suddenly tries to cut him out of the deal,
0:45.0	Thiren makes a plan to fly to Florida
0:48.0	and get his money back.
0:49.0	Meanwhile, girlfriend Kirsten Strickler does some research and finds Brandt and their banker, a man in Florida named Lyle Livesay,
0:57.0	have some scary connections.
0:59.0	Russian mob connections.
1:02.0	She drives through the night from Texas to Oklahoma to
1:05.0	plead with Theron to not get on a flight first thing next morning. That's where
1:10.1	we'll pick up their story and if you haven't heard part one yet you can go back and
1:14.3	do that now. I hear all the time like people say hey stress can kill you I
1:18.6	truly believe that I mean every day I would wake up throwing up every day I would wake up throwing up.
1:22.7	Every day I would wake up throwing up.
1:25.0	I was scared out of my mind.
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