Fraudsters

Operation Pipe Dreams and the Take Down of Tommy ChongWhat, you thought we were done talking about The War on Drugs?! Well, think again! We’re back with a special epilogue and we're diving into Operation Pipe Dreams, the infamous federal investigation that led to the arrest of Tommy Chong. Join us as we explore how this operation led by John Ashcroft and Mary Beth Buchanon targeted businesses selling drug paraphernalia across the country. We sit down with journalist Brian Conway for an in-depth look at the operation's impact, and Tommy Chong himself alongside his son, Paris, who share their experience getting busted and reflect on the evolving war on drugs. It's a wild ride through one of the most notable moments in the history of drug enforcement. Follow The Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Follow the Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/seenanow/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy https://twitter.com/arielleaty Follow our Guests: https://www.instagram.com/heytommychong/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/paristchong/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/elbrayanmiguel/ https://www.instagram.com/pghindependent/ Sources: https://www.laweekly.com/chong-family-values/ https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2003/February/03_crm_106.htm https://www.huffpost.com/entry/operation-pipe-dream-10-y_b_2745740 https://collider.com/the-wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-tommy-chong/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/real-wolf-wall-street-lived-190304316.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALUINWjWcu9pmFFwl1XO5zewBMO7I0sXu_qS8YEWYEixh5aJ4UDIIqFJdR06DFb2gbD5B6i09_gPwroh-Z6gvveQYz2JQMzRKxBYKyTtQKjnya-3ud1iCd6YPnkTIzjIKrkT8MC94tyWOl1vH0xVd2-vAjm1HMR1xk70YEw7Mmh2&guccounter=2 https://www.legistorm.com/stormfeed/view_rss/385742/organization/95775/title/operations-pipe-dreams-and-headhunter-put-illegal-drug-paraphernalia-sellers-out-of-business.html https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/anti-drug-initiatives/123135 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihDXmNzc9JA&t=40s Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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A Tale of Two Fraudsters: John Kapoor and The SacklersIt’s the season finale of Fraudsters, and we’re reluctantly exploring the grim origins of America’s opioid crisis. From the Sackler family’s OxyContin empire, built on shameless marketing, fake science, and philanthropy-as-image-laundering, to John Kapoor’s Insys Pharmaceuticals, a scrappy underdog peddling fentanyl sprays, we unravel the fraud that fueled this epidemic. With half a million deaths, shattered communities, and contrasting fates for these corporate villains, it’s a class war in a pill bottle. Who paid the price—and who walked free? Follow The Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/fraudstersLPN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fraudsterslpn/ Discord: https://discord.gg/WRZ8zgusPT Website: https://fraudsters.fm/ Follow the Hosts: https://www.instagram.com/seenanow/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/justin_williams_comedy https://twitter.com/arielleaty Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/13/meet-the-sacklers-the-family-feuding-over-blame-for-the-opioid-crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/01sackler.html https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12775932/sackler-family-oxycontin/ https://theconversation.com/a-dangerous-method-in-defence-of-freuds-psychoanalysis-5989#:~:text=According to Freud's theory%2C mental,caused by early childhood trauma. https://www.bmj.com/content/suppl/2005/07/18/331.7509.DC1 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/12-napp-pharmaceutical-holdings-rhmq8hnpfgx https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sackler-family-oxycontin-opioid-drug-scandal-british-connection-q3wd30s35 https://lithub.com/on-terminal-pain-and-the-origins-of-the-end-of-life-movement/ https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/27/obituaries/dr-arthur-sackler-dies-at-73-philanthropist-and-art-patron.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/business/raymond-sackler-dead-of-purdue-pharma.html al-health-data/ https://casetext.com/case/kottayil-v-insys-therapeutics-inc/ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1516479/000143774915019892/R12.htm https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/page/file/947866/dl?inline https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/page/file/1010246/dl?inline https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/health/insys-opioid-bankruptcy.html?searchResultPosition=6 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/business/doubts-raised-about-off-label-use-of-subsys-a-strong-painkiller.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article&region=Footer Links to clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaxlJXpwkzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTR3R2jYw4Q&t=1127s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkeQifzvSNE&t=80s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtwFZwjCSTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w327H5VNT9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s8kybr-YFU Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Fraudsters ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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