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[Patreon Exclusive] Scams in the Manosphere part 2: Tai Lopez's Ponzi Scheme

Corporate Gossip

Becca Platsky

Society & Culture, Business

4.9655 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

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On a chilly October night, I like to cuddle up with a good ponzi scheme. It's my comfort fraud <3

Links:

'Do You Believe I'm a Scam? Haha' Tai Lopez became YouTube famous promising men they too could own a Lamborghini. Then came the alleged Ponzi scheme.

Tai Lopez's RadioShack Ponzi Scheme

Read the SEC complaint

This Clown Is Still Around

its always the guy you suspect the most

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know, when the weather starts to get colder, I love to cuddle up with a nice Ponzi scheme.

0:04.8

It's just so comforting to me.

0:06.4

Ty Lopez, who's a famous YouTuber, you might remember him from this video.

0:10.7

Here in my garage, just bought this new Lamborghini here.

0:14.2

It's fun to drive up here in the Hollywood Hills.

0:17.1

But you know what I like a lot more than materialistic things?

0:20.8

Knowledge.

0:22.2

The SEC just filed a complaint against him for an alleged Ponzi scheme, a pretty big one at that,

0:29.1

involving hundreds of millions of dollars of misappropriated investor money,

0:34.2

money that he took from people who had previously purchased his business classes.

0:39.7

This episode has so many silly twists and turns, including at the end when he sits down with

0:44.9

electric vehicle scammer Trevor Milton, who was recently pardoned by Trump.

0:49.3

And they explain that the SEC is just a bunch of jealous haters.

0:52.4

If you want to hear the rest of the episode, go to patreon.com slash corporate gossip,

0:57.5

where you'll get access to four bonus episodes every month, including the aftershow.

1:01.8

And of course, a huge back catalog of tons of different episodes that we've done as Patreon

1:07.2

exclusives, including episodes on Uber, on Outdoor Voices, the Crypto Townhouse Torture Kidnappers.

1:15.8

Corporate Gossip is a completely independent podcast.

1:18.4

We don't have a network.

1:19.5

We don't have any corporate sponsors.

1:21.4

Our Patreon is the thing that keeps this whole podcast running.

1:24.6

And it's also a fun community over there.

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