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We didn't know if our father was involved. We didn't know if it was a complete stranger. We had absolutely no idea.
We didn't know if our father was involved. We didn't know if it was a complete stranger. We had absolutely no idea.
My mother was my brother's biggest supporter. He turned to her first for everything. The thought, them trying to say that he did this didn't make sense.
My mother was my brother's biggest supporter. He turned to her first for everything. The thought, them trying to say that he did this didn't make sense.
I believed it could have been possible. The investigators were leaning very heavy onto it and... pretty much telling us without coming out right out and saying it that they were sure my father had done this. It was impossible to wrap their heads around. This can't be real.
I believed it could have been possible. The investigators were leaning very heavy onto it and... pretty much telling us without coming out right out and saying it that they were sure my father had done this. It was impossible to wrap their heads around. This can't be real.
Multiple families, not just our family. It destroyed her family. It destroyed so much.
Multiple families, not just our family. It destroyed her family. It destroyed so much.
It goes on so long that often people think they're making money, but then eventually they find that they don't have access to their funds anymore and they've lost everything.
It goes on so long that often people think they're making money, but then eventually they find that they don't have access to their funds anymore and they've lost everything.
Hey, Andrea. Good to be with you.
Hey, Andrea. Good to be with you.
Yeah, it is awful. It comes from a Chinese term meaning fattening up the hog for slaughter. And the hog in this case is the victim.
Yeah, it is awful. It comes from a Chinese term meaning fattening up the hog for slaughter. And the hog in this case is the victim.
Because this is a long con where a victim is encouraged to invest money and believes that they are actually making money, the scammers are fattening up the hog for slaughter, trying to get the people to fork over as much of their life savings as they can and even borrow money to give over to these scammers.
Because this is a long con where a victim is encouraged to invest money and believes that they are actually making money, the scammers are fattening up the hog for slaughter, trying to get the people to fork over as much of their life savings as they can and even borrow money to give over to these scammers.