Episode 51: Fraternal Order of Profits: Police Unions and Telemarketing Scams

Podcast: Buzzed and Baffled · Nicole Ubinger and Kyla Cole

Opublikowano: 2026-04-12

Episode 51 dives into one of the strangest, most chaotic real-life investigations you’ve probably never heard of—featuring Sam Lipman-Stern and Pat Pespas. What started as two coworkers at a sketchy telemarketing company turned into a decades-long mission to expose a massive scam hiding in plain sight. Working out of a call center packed with ex-cons, addicts, and absolute mayhem, they realized the money they were raising for charities… wasn’t really going where people thought. Armed with a camcorder, questionable judgment, and a lot of persistence, Sam and Pat went from part of the problem...