Oh My Fraud
"Oh My Fraud" is a podcast where the true crime is shocking, gruesome, heinous, but with way fewer dead bodies. Hosted by Caleb Newquist, each episode explores fraud cases from petty swindles to corporate conspiracies, examining the people involved, their motives, methods, and how they spent the loot before it all came to a spectacular, inevitable end.
Episodes
Points Taken | Reward Programs Fraud Takes Off
Rewarding customer loyalty is probably as old as commerce. These days, consumers accumulate hundreds, thousands, sometimes even millions of points that can be used to acquire everything from their favorite drink, to airline tickets, or simp…
Embezzlement Set to Cruz Control
Following her sudden resignation, the longtime treasurer of a small Arizona county faces questions about her time in office.SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routable(00:00) - An Unexpected Resignation (01:07) - Welcome to Oh My Fr…
Meet the Fraud Victim-Turned-Vigilante
When Johnathan Walton learned that his best friend had conned him out of nearly $100,000, his first instinct was a little unusual—he told anyone who would listen about what happened. The story that ensued consumed his life for several years…
Meet the Podcaster Who Spills the Corporate Tea
Caleb knew that if he could get Becca Platsky, the co-host of the Corporate Gossip Podcast, to come on Oh My Fraud, that they would have a lot to talk about. Becca and Caleb learn that they are kindred spirits, discussing their experiences …
The Frauderful Wizard of Ozy
Carlos Watson, a charismatic, fast-rising media figure, strives to build a new kind of digital media company.SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routable(00:00) - The Ozy Media Controversy Begins (04:51) - Carlos Watson's Early Life …
Meet Omri Mor, Co-Founder and CEO of Routable
Omri Mor’s experience with technology and startups began early, being a kid and hanging out at Microsoft Israel where both his parents worked. Omri tells Caleb about his journey of growing up in Tel Aviv, working at his first startup when h…
Cache Me If You Can | The FBI’s Latest Internet Crime Report
For the last 25 years, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has collected reports from victims of online scams, and its latest annual report found that Internet-based fraud shows no signs of slowing down.SponsorsRoutable - http:/…
The Big Easy Bank That Got Swamped
An ambitious New Orleans banker gets in over his head.SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routableHuman at Scale - http://ohmyfraud.promo/humanJoin Caleb and Greg live in New Jersey NJCPA Convention & Expo [NJCPA]HOW TO EARN FREE CPEI…
Meet the Journalist Who Got Suspicious of Enron Before It Was Cool
Jonathan Weil caught the journalism bug early. But it was his knack for spotting financial reporting sleight-of-hand that set him apart as a young reporter at the Wall Street Journal in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Caleb talks to Jon abo…
The Fraud That Keeps on Frauding | Advance Fee Scams
From Spanish Prisoners to Nigerian Princes, advance fee scams have endured for centuries, relying on victims to follow the same formula: pay first, regret later.SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routableHuman at Scale - http://ohmyf…
Australia’s Greatest Conman
A respected leader of an Australian national search and rescue operation isn’t who he claims to be.SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routableRightworks Rightnow 2025 - https://ohmyfraud.promo/rightnow2025 (use code OMF15 for 15% OFF…
OMF at the Movies: The Informant!
In this bonus episode, Caleb and his producer, Zach, discuss the 2009 film The Informant! Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon, The Informant! is based on the true story of a 90s-era price fixing scheme involving the multin…
A Man of Fraud
"A premiere true American...with integrity in all his pursuits.”SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routableRightworks Rightnow 2025 - https://ohmyfraud.promo/rightnow2025 (use code OMF15 for 15% OFF)(00:00) - Introduction and CPE Cre…
Sho Me the Money
A baseball superstar winds up in the middle of a gambling scandal.SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routable Rightworks Rightnow 2025 - https://ohmyfraud.promo/rightnow2025 (use code OMF15 for 15% OFF)(00:00) - Introduction: The Leg…
Meet the Fraudster Who Stole Millions from Alanis Morissette
Jonathan Todd Schwartz was a heavyweight business manager to some of the biggest names in show business. But a crippling gambling addiction led to his embezzlement of millions of dollars from numerous clients, including the singer-songwrite…
Yale of a Fraud
An elite medical school falls victim to an unexceptional schemeSponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routable Rightworks Rightnow 2025 - https://ohmyfraud.promo/rightnow2025 (use code OMF15 for 15% OFF)Rho - http://ohmyfraud.promo/rho(0…
Monkey Business at the Columbus Zoo
A beloved zoo turns into a jungle of financial shenanigans.SponsorsRoutable - http://ohmyfraud.promo/routable Rightworks Rightnow 2025 - https://ohmyfraud.promo/rightnow2025 (use code OMF15 for 15% OFF)TeamUp - http://ohmyfraud.promo/teamup…
One Host, Endless Fraud
Join Caleb Newquist as he discusses frauds great and small to understand the motives, methods, and impact of the occasionally hilarious but always devastating stories of betrayal and deceit.
Meet the Prosecutor-turned-Professor: Miriam Baer of Brooklyn Law
Miriam Baer argues in her book that U.S. white collar crime statutes are doing a disservice to us all. She gives Caleb and Greg lots of examples of how this is, but before that she also tells the guys about her early law career working in W…
Meet the Prosecutor-turned-Professor: Sam Buell of Duke Law
At the beginning of his career, Sam Buell knew that he wanted to be a prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York where all manner of crime—everything from mob hits to human trafficking—was occurring. Caleb and Greg discuss Sam’s eventfu…
The Oh My Fraud 2024 Recap
In this look back at 2024, the guys discuss their episodes, share updates to some stories, and discuss some upcoming changes to the podcast.HOW TO EARN FREE CPEIn less than 10 minutes, you can earn 1 hour of NASBA-approved accounting CPE af…
The Sheriff of Fraudingham
In this episode recorded live for Moore North America’s member appreciation event, Caleb and Greg discuss the case of a sheriff in southern Indiana who had an unusual take on his duty to “serve and protect” his citizens.SponsorsForwardly - …
Free Money: The Legacy of Freedman’s Bank with Historian Justene Hill Edwards
University of Virginia historian Justene Hill Edwards gave Caleb and Greg “a strong B” on their podcast episode about Freedman's Savings Bank. Nevertheless, they were eager to learn more about this Reconstruction Era fraud. Dr. Edwards’s ne…
Stupid Is as Fraud Does
They can’t all be criminal masterminds. Caleb and Greg discuss four stories of fraud gone absurdly wrong.SponsorsForwardly - https://ohmyfraud.promo/forwardlyTabs - https://ohmyfraud.promo/tabs Artiffex - https://ohmyfraud.promo/artiffex(00…
Financial Foul Play: A True Tale from Greg’s Workplace
In this special episode, Caleb interviews Greg about a tricky situation he encountered early in his career as an accountant.SponsorsTabs - https://ohmyfraud.promo/tabsForwardly - https://ohmyfraud.promo/forwardlyArtiffex - https://ohmyfraud…
Burned by Solar
In the era of climate change, it isn’t just about saving the planet using sustainable methods of energy, it’s about making a fortune from sustainable methods of energy. In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss the story of DC Solar, a manufa…
Meet the Fraud Investigator: Kelly Paxton
Caleb and Greg welcome Kelly Paxton, a former fraud investigator who has worked at both the federal and local level to talk about her career and one of her favorite red collar crime stories.SponsorsSafeSend - https://ohmyfraud.promo/safesen…
For Whom the Fraud Tolls | Bell, California
Caleb and Greg discuss the case of a small California city tainted by big corruption.SponsorsSafeSend - https://ohmyfraud.promo/safesendThe Small Business Research Institute - https://ohmyfraud.promo/ceanowinterVal - https://ohmyfraud.promo…
The Defrauded Famous | Alanis Morissette and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
If you’re jonesing for some nostalgia, then this is the Oh My Fraud episode for you. Caleb and Greg discuss two stars—an athlete whose fame peaked in the 80s and a singer-songwriter who put out one of the biggest selling albums of the 90s—w…
Cardinal Sins
What do the Catholic Church and Oh My Fraud have in common? They both regularly feature absent internal controls, important figures abusing their positions of trust, and are run by people who drink wine on the job. In this episode, Caleb an…
Paper Empire | The Case of Equity Funding Corporation of America
Join Caleb and Greg on a twisting saga of an insurance company that began in the late 1950s, rose to spectacular heights in the 1960s, and came crashing down in the 1970s.Sponsors The Small Business Research Institute - https://ohmyfraud.pr…
Pyramid Schemes: How to Lose Friends and Alienate Money
You’ve probably heard of pyramid schemes, but are you confident that you know what it is? And if you are, do you know the difference between them and multi-level marketing companies? Or Ponzi schemes? In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss…
We’re Not a Bank in Kansas Anymore
Legend has it that when asked why he robbed banks, the infamous 20th century bank robber Willie Sutton said, “Because that’s where the money is.” In the 21st century, banks still have the money, but the approach to robbing has changed consi…
Meet the Cybersecurity Scholar: Riana Pfefferkorn of Stanford University
As a co-teacher of Stanford University’s Introduction to Cybersecurity course, Riana Pfefferkorn regularly had to guide enterprising students away from violating the law. And it was one of those laws, the federal wire fraud statute, that in…
The Jacksonville Jaguars Employee Who Went All In on Fraud
Gambling is often a factor when a person perpetrates a fraud, sometimes to a shocking degree. Caleb and Greg discuss one such case involving a finance professional who went to extraordinary lengths to change his bad luck.SponsorsMakersHub- …
More Pandemic Pillagers Got What They Had Coming
More than four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, stories of regular people and their ill-fated schemes to exploit pandemic aid programs continue to emerge. In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss some of the cases featured in the 202…
We’re All Somebody’s Fool | Dan Simons & Chris Chabris
Think you’re too smart to be taken in by a fraudster? If so, that may make you an even bigger mark. In this episode, Caleb and Greg speak with psychologists Dan Simons of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Chris Chabris of the …
You’ve Got Fail | The British Post Office Scandal
The US Postal Service has long been the butt of jokes for poor service, but nothing that comes close to this. In this transatlantic episode, Caleb and Greg unpack the story of hundreds of British subpostmasters whose lives were turned upsid…
The 2024 ACFE Report to the Nations, Annotated with Wisecracks
In many episodes, Greg cites statistics from “A Report to the Nations,” the biennial report on occupational fraud, from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. As luck would have it, the most recent edition dropped in 2024, and so nat…