On today’s episode, Laci is joined by pasta inventor and OG podcaster Dan Pashman (The Sporkful) to dive into a seafood scandal affecting shrimp lovers everywhere. That’s right—Laci and Dan don their lab coats and discover the investigative firm SeaD to uncover the widespread shrimp fraud impacting restaurants across the country and hurting small businesses. Plus, thieves pull off the ultimate heist, making off with 100,000 eggs. Stay schemin'!

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Make sure to sink your teeth into Dan's pasta tour of Italy tour with fans! Pashmans Pasta Pilgrimage

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Research by Kathryn Doyle

SOURCES

https://www.yahoo.com/news/shrimp-fraud-found-rampant-many-173137438.html

https://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2023/03/23/prawn-broker-fsu-researchers-develop-shrimp-authenticity-test/

https://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/sanitarian/retailfood/LDHACT372CrawfishandShrimpMenuLabeling.pdf

https://www.seadconsulting.com/genetic-testing-to-identify-seafood-species

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/health/fish-mislabeling-investigation-oceana/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/us/pennsylvania-egg-theft-hnk/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/us/eggs-stolen-pennsylvania-shortage.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/28/subway-tuna-lawsuit-dismissed

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In this week’s Fraud Friday, Jameela Jamil (The Good Place, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) joins Laci in studio to discuss the basics on THE BASIC- Caroline Calloway. They dig into Jameela's earliest stint teaching English, and both become very afraid when they learn how fortune tellers scam their clients out of money. Stay Schemin’! (Originally Released 03/30/2020)

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Research By Sharilyn Vera.

SOURCES:

The CUT – The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghost writer Natalie

VICE — Influencer Caroline Calloway Isn’t a Scammer, Just a Self-Obsessed Mess

Caroline’s instagram- (where she is currently spiraling)

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/caroline-calloway-instagram-influencer-tour-canceled-scam

https://www.wmagazine.com/story/caroline-calloway-creativity-workshop

https://www.pajiba.com/web_culture/the-case-of-caroline-calloway-and-her-creativity-workshop-tour.php

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3wwy4/cambridges-most-controversial-instagram-celebrity-gets-the-last-laugh

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On today’s episode, Laci is joined by stand-up writer, actor, and comedian Dewayne Perkins (The Blackening, One of Them Days) to dive into the con of the century, unraveling the web of lies and false promises spun by John Ackah Blay-Miezah. In a story so wild it could be straight out of a movie—one that Dewayne himself might have written—they also discover how Shirley Temple got caught up in the chaos. Plus, Laci shares a surprising encounter with a cop who asked her out while on duty. Stay schemin'!

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Make sure to catch Dewayne's new TV Show, THE STUDIO on Apple TV +

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Dewayne Perkins: @dewayneperkins

Research by Kathryn Doyle

SOURCES

https://www.nowherebookshop.com/book/9781635574739?srsltid=AfmBOooPXVErUx3va3mNR1juGoL13-DNqvNPZ4Hhlr70mZr7QcRrxUHT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbZ2TlRVqNA

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/03/con-artist-global-scam-ghana-anansis-gold/

https://www.npr.org/2013/05/22/186048342/how-that-nigerian-email-scam-got-started

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-conman-who-duped-thousands-with-a-patently-absurd-story/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/18/yepoka-yeebo-anansis-gold-ghanaian-conman

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