The OC Savior: Ep. 3, Grapes of Wrath

Queen of the Con

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True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

When Jay Avery needs to take a break from his new wine business to go to rehab, Lizzie Mulder is there for him like family. And when she takes the reins of his winery, business is booming and Jay gets an attractive offer from a Chinese investor who wants to pump millions into his company. The only problem is that every time they set up a meeting, the investor inexplicably cancels at the last minute. When Jay and his wife Marla finally learn what Lizzie’s really been up to, they go straight to the police. But will anyone believe them?

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0:00.0	Just a few miles off the Thailand coast, the island of Kothau looks like a postcard.
0:07.0	I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister.
0:11.0	In the last 20 years dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island.
0:16.0	A dark cloud who's come over the island, death, mystery and danger.
0:23.0	Listen to Death Island every Wednesday on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	Just the arrogance of Lizzie Mulder, it made it easier for me to go after her because I just didn't like her.
0:40.0	In May 2016 authorities are piecing together the spectacular cons of Laguna Beach CPA Lizzie Mulder.
0:49.0	When all was said and done, how much money did she get from you?
0:52.0	291,000.
0:54.0	But years before Lizzie scams that Newport Beach salon, she starts doing the books for Jack Wines in Napa Valley.
1:02.0	She was a big part of helping me get organized when I started the wine business.
1:07.0	And when Jay Avery checks himself into rehab for a prescription pain pill addiction, Lizzie Mulder takes the reins of his wine company.
1:15.0	And what she does next almost drives Jay to the brink.
1:20.0	I got to a place to where I wasn't sure if I really wanted to continue moving forward with life.
1:37.0	I'm Jonathan Walton and this is Queen of the Con, the OC Savior.
1:44.0	Episode 3, grapes of rash.
1:56.0	Me and my partner, close friend, me and Alex, we would blend the wine and then we'd go out and sell it just door to door basically.
2:03.0	Jay Avery starts Jack Wines in Napa Valley back in 2009 and he's doing really well.
2:11.0	And it started to get bigger than we had direct to consumer, which was online.
2:15.0	And that's when I decided to hire Lizzie to help manage the direct to consumer.
2:19.0	And the relationship started as she was just kind of helping me do the accounts payable and receivable and managing the books.
2:27.0	So pain for the foil, the cork, the bottles, shipping as well as storage.
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