Special Guest: Sandy
This week Lauren tells Sandy about Tom Petters, a former American businessman and CEO of Petters Group Worldwide. Fun fact: he ends up in Lauren and Amanda's favorite penitentiary!
Sources:
- Fraud Magazine: Ponzi Strikes Again: A 13-year, Multibillion-dollar Fraud Leaves Mouths Agape by Steven J. Carlson, PhD; Kenneth A. Hansen, LLM; and Robert J. Dosch, PhD.
- CNBC: American Greed: The Rise and Fall of a Multibillion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme by Drew Sandholm
- United States Attorney’s Office: District of Minnesota Press Release: Victims Of Tom Petters Ponzi Scheme Receive Additional Distribution Of More Than $22 Million In Forfeited Funds
- Jury awards $563 million verdict in lawsuit related to Tom Petters Ponzi scheme Victims will receive close to $1 billion when interest is calculated, making it the highest dollar amount awarded by a jury in Minnesota history by Lou Raguse
- Wikipedia: Tom Petters
- Wikipedia: Petters Group Worldwide
