Oct 19, 2026 · 34 min · 16 segments
Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington, says every American with a retirement account is "in the blast radius," and Matt starts by walking through the con she's chasing. It begins…
Matt TheriaultHost
So how might this con swindle a smart person like yourself out of your retirement account? and potentially your home.
Well, there are three levels to this hustle, and the last two are likely to dupe you more easily than the first, even if you smell a rat after the first.
Imagine sending your money to a stranger and they send you back more than you sent them.
And at that moment, you could have walked away and never talked to that person again.
That freedom is exactly what would make you think everything here was on the up and up.
Regardless of where you're from or what you know, human nature is pretty predictable.
According to the Justice Department, vendors on that marketplace will build a custom fake investment website.
launder the money once it comes in, even recruit trafficked workers to run the operation from compounds overseas.
So how might this con swindle a smart person like yourself out of your retirement account? and potentially your home.
Well, there are three levels to this hustle, and the last two are likely to dupe you more easily than the first, even if you smell a rat after the first.
Imagine sending your money to a stranger and they send you back more than you sent them.
And at that moment, you could have walked away and never talked to that person again.
That freedom is exactly what would make you think everything here was on the up and up.
Regardless of where you're from or what you know, human nature is pretty predictable.
According to the Justice Department, vendors on that marketplace will build a custom fake investment website.
launder the money once it comes in, even recruit trafficked workers to run the operation from compounds overseas.
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