If you're in the mood for a classic true crime beach read look no further than the CaaStle fraud! In 2024 Christine Hunsicker was a leather jacket wearing, mohawk donning, Forbes cover girl who made headlines for her clothing subscription service that boasted nearly a billion dollars in annual revenue. Investors were pumping her company full of cash on the promise of infinite hockey stick growth. But had those investors, including Bill Ackman and Peter Theil, used a single brain cell (!!) they would have discovered that Hunsicker's fashion business was a complete fabrication. By the end of the year she would plead guilty to a fraud worth $300m, one of the biggest financial frauds in recent history, and now faces up to 20 years in prison.

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This Startup Wanted to Revolutionize Fashion. Now It's Under Investigation for Fraud.

The Tech Fashion Darling Accused of Swindling Investors Out of $300 Million

SEC Indictment

CaaStle let CEO remain after learning of alleged fraud

Shareholder lawsuit

Good News: Libraries are for Everyone: How immigrants are finding community in Massachusetts libraries

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Imagine if Gordon Bombay never had a redemption arc. That's the story of Murry Gunty, owner of Black Bear Sports, a Private Equity company that professionalizes shaking kids down for their lunch money - but you're gonna LOVE how this movie ends.

We'll also talk about Jeffrey Epstein associate Josh Harris and heir to the Smurf fortune David Blitzer who use their Blackstone connections and Wharton Business degrees to steal joy from children!! Don't worry, there's a comeuppance for them in this story, too!

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Lord of the Rinks. Meet the hockey CEO cashing in on your kid's team

Youth Sports Are a $40 Billion Business. Private Equity Is Taking Notice.

Tennessee bill would criminalize harassment of student-athletes

As Youth Sports Professionalize, Kids Are Burning Out Fast

Private Equity Is Coming for Youth Sports

Bill would ban private equity 'vulture investors' from youth sports.

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Meet Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor and supreme Trump suck-up turned "peace guy" and his two failsons, Alex and Zach. They're in charge of World Liberty Financial, the "world's fastest growing crypto company" along with the Trump family and crypto hucksters Zak Folkman and Chase Hero. The WLF team might feel invincible, but this week one disgruntled investor filed a lawsuit that might take down the entire operation...

This episode has it ALL... a resurfaced body cam video of a Witkoff son being arrested for assaulting a bouncer and cocaine possession, a colon cleanse subscription business, a website called datehottergirls.com, and the 1954 Guatemalan coup!!!

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The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It

In real estate, Witkoff is royalty. In DC, he's the president's man

Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors

The 'Crypto Punks' Behind Trump's Murky New Business Venture

Trump's entry into crypto opens new doors for those seeking political influence

How Trump's crypto business partners left their old clients in the lurch

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches

Donald Trump Jr. denies rumors World Liberty Financial is falling apart