Tara Brown

And he set himself on a trajectory of making contacts.

He seemed to understand that to get far in this world, in the world he wanted to be in,

It came down to who you knew.

And so he was very adept.

at making those connections.

And he was very adept at scamming and lying and selling himself as some sort of financial whiz.

So, you know, he starts out as a physics and maths teacher at Dalton.

Despite not having a college degree, no qualifications, he just scammed himself.

Oh, yeah.

And I mean, he ended up getting kicked out because he didn't perform well enough.

So they were on to him at some point.

But he'd already made connections there with parents of his elite students.

And that catapulted him into Wall Street and Bear Stearns.

And

And he was revealed there, too, for being a liar.

But, you know, when confronted, admitted that, yes, he didn't have the two college degrees that he'd claimed.

Yes, he'd lied.

But he knew that if he'd been honest, he wouldn't be given a chance.

And in that atmosphere, that was rewarded.

He was given a second chance.