Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - BONUS: Don’t Miss “Scampranuer”!

Episode Date: May 1, 2023

In this bonus episode of "Crime Stories," Nancy Grace dives into the new Fox Nation series "Scampranuer." Fox Nation’s “Scampranuer” delves into the elaborate scams of three con artists - Elizabeth Holmes, Kari Ferrell, and Anthony Gignac. Find out how they were caught and convicted. Through interviews with investigators, victims, and whistleblowers, discover the outrageous lies and manipulations these master scammers used to swindle money, fortune, and fame. From Holmes' fraudulent medical technology company to Ferrell's scams of family and friends, to Gignac's fake persona as a Saudi prince, this series will take you on a wild ride of true crime stories. "Scampranuer” is streaming now EXCLUSIVELY on Fox Nation.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

crime stories with nancy grace hi guys nancy grace here welcome to crime stories do you love a good con artist story because i do you've got to check out this new series it's called Scampreneur it's streaming now exclusively on Fox Nation like entrepreneur but Scampreneur it explores the incredible lies

the elaborate scams of notorious con artists three of them Elizabeth Holmes Carrie Farrell, and Anthony Gignac. We all know Elizabeth Holmes, the Silicon Valley swindler. Now, you'd think people out in Silicon Valley with all of their smarts, I mean, that's the heart of the computer software tech universe. They'd no better wrong.

Elizabeth Holmes sets out to revolutionize the world of medicine with her company, Theranos, which claimed to have developed a blood testing device that could perform hundreds of tests with just a single drop of blood. Okay, did you hear that, Mayo Clinic? You're out of business because Elizabeth Holmes has come up with a single drop of blood test that completely makes all of your work obsolete. Not exactly.

Now, Elizabeth Holmes, because a billionaire, her company, Theranos, valued at $9 billion, with a B as in brother, not an M as in mother, $9 billion, but it's all a fraud. The technology was a big lie. It didn't work, of course. How did she fool so many people for so long? And get this, she's done it again. The judge said, this is your court date. This is your court date. This is your court date. This is the day you're going to jail. But oopsie, Elizabeth Holmes conned

somebody else. She's gotten a last minute reprieve. She's just been cited walking barefoot on the beach. Yes, barefoot on the beach as she has avoided reporting to prison after a court grants her appeal. Now, I've prosecuted a lot of people, and I have never seen anybody get an appeal bond, but somehow her motion to remain free while her appeal is processed was just granted, and she's literally taking a walk on the beach. Okay, then there's Carrie Farrell. That's a name many people might recognize, also known as the hipster grifter, Carrie Farrell, the hipster grifter. She conned her family and friends out of thousands and thousands of dollars. She thought she'd get away with it until cops orchestrated a scam of their own to catch her. The so-called hipster grifter made headlines for duping men in Williamsburg. Now she's planning a comeback. She's plotting her

return to the spotlight. 21-year-old Carrie Farrell left Salt Lake City and several arrest warrants for $60,000 in check fraud to Brooklyn. That's where she landed. Then somehow she faked her credentials to land a job at Vice as administrative assistant. It goes on and on and on. But this person preyed on her own family and friends to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. And that's pretty low. Not only doing a con, but conning your own family and friend. Now, this is one I really love, a fake Saudi prince. Anthony Gignac spent two decades committing low-level grist before he thought he was ready for

the big leagues. His next get-rich-quick scam turned out to be his biggest mistake. Listen to this, a fake sheik swindled $8 million from investors, including Elle MacPherson's ex-husband, flaunting his lifestyle on Insta and boasting about his Saudi royal family. Yeah, $8 million. For the most part of his criminal enterprise, Ngignac impersonated someone named Prince Khalid, who is a real prince in real life, is a 79-year-old governor of Mecca. Who would fall for that? Did it have anything to do with his living a life of profound wealth, driving a red Ferrari, donning Cartier bracelets worth tens of thousands of dollars. Believe it or not, his cover was blown once when a billionaire, L. McPherson's ex,

noticed Gignac eating bacon and sausage during a business lunch, suggesting he was not the devout Muslim prince he claimed to be. Ouchie! Scampreneur featuring interviews with investigators, victims, whistleblowers who reveal how master manipulators are captured and convicted. Each episode reveals an incredible and cautionary tale of greed, consumption, and deception. Listen to a preview of this series. There's an old saying that you'll never meet a con artist that you don't like. Elizabeth Holmes took Silicon Valley by storm. She knew she was lying to investors. Carrie Farrell committed all kinds of fraud, credit card fraud, forgery, retail theft.

Anthony Gignac was so outrageous that people say he has to be a member of the royal family. How far does hype go until it becomes fraud? If you're obsessed with true crime like me, subscribe to Fox Nation. Not only can you see Scampreneur, but you can also access exclusive true crime programming, including the video version of Crime Stories and all of our Fox Nation special investigations. Fox Nation also offers hundreds of hours of original programming, documentaries, and specials. Don't miss Scampreneur. I love it. I love catching a scammer. It's streaming now exclusively on Fox Nation. Subscribe today, start watching, and thanks for listening.

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