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Things I Learned Last Night

John Ruffo

Things I Learned Last Night

Space Tim Media

Comedy, Education, History

4.6673 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

What are the names that come to mind when you think of bank robbers? For many, names like Bonnie & Clyde, John Dillinger, and maybe even certain GTA V characters fill the mind. However, these robbers don't even scratch the surface. While, technically, not a bank robber, John Ruffo conned a few dozen banks out of more than $350 million. His case is the most expensive bank fraud in American history. What's more, he got away with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey man.

0:01.9

What's going on?

0:03.4

Have you ever heard of John Rufo?

0:05.5

John Rufo?

0:06.6

Yeah.

0:09.0

Nope.

0:09.7

I don't have anything.

0:10.7

I think we need to get it out of the way right at the beginning because every time I've heard his name since I found him, I think of John Ralfio.

0:18.8

Different guy.

0:20.4

Not the same. The worst. We're not doing that guy.. Different guy. Not the same.

0:21.5

The worst.

0:22.9

We're not doing that guy.

0:23.9

Yeah, he is still the worst.

0:25.8

But he's, yeah, no, he's, don't get too far out of yourself.

0:31.2

He sucks for sure.

0:32.8

Different guy.

0:33.2

Also, different person, he's not Johnny Rufo.

0:40.1

Same name, John, but you had the N. The N.Y not Johnny Rufo. Same name, John, but you had the N. Y.

0:49.8

Johnny Rufo. Who's Johnny Rufo? It's not him. He was a finalist on the third season of the X Factor, Australia.

0:54.2

Is that who we're doing the episode about or is that Johnny Rufo? That's Johnny. Oh, okay.

0:54.7

Yeah, so Johnny not, this is a different guy.

0:57.6

We're pretty sure at least.

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