This week’s blog post is about a tweet I saw the other day.
The tweet in question:
I only recognized 3 faces, so I wanted to (1) find out who each of them were and what they had done, and then (2) share them with you all.
If you already know all the faces in this post, then woohoo and congratulations on keeping up with current events! Your memory is great. Otherwise, stick around to learn about some IRL fraud tea.
I’m aiming for short and sweet here, so I’ll include a brief 1-2 sentence description of who everyone is, then I’ll provide some links to articles and docuseries if you want to learn more on your own.
From right to left, top to bottom their names are:
1. Elizabeth Holmes2. Sam Bankman-Fried3. Anna Sorokin/Anna Delvey4. Martin Shkreli 5. Caroline Ellison6. Shimon Hayut, the tinder swindlerExtended Cinematic Universe
1. Elizabeth Holmes
Scammed a bunch of investors with her health technology company, Theranos.
Holmes has at least 5 documentary or TV episodes covering her story. She has been played by actresses like Jennifer Lawrence and …. You can find a list of the series here: Elizabeth Holmes on Hulu, Netflix, HBO Max: Movies, Documentaries About Theranos (decider.com)
2. Sam Bankman-Fried
3. Anna Sorokin/Anna Delvey
Scammed a bunch of rich people posing as a German heiress in NYC
The upcoming Netflix true-crime drama "Inventing Anna" will be released this year.
4. Martin Shkreli
Nicked named by the media as a “Pharma bro,” Shkreli raised the price of a life saving medication by 5000%.
The federal jury found Shkreli guilty for lying to investors about the performance of two hedge funds he ran, defrauding investors in his first drug company, Retrophin, and skimming money from Retrophin to pay back investors at the hedge funds for losses he covered up.
5. Caroline Ellison
Caroline Ellison
6. Shimon Hayut, the tinder swindler
Hayut used dating apps to meet multiple women, then established lines of credit and loans in their names, ultimately leaving them holding the bills.
There is a documentary based on him on Netflix called “The Tinder Swindler.” Who Is The Tinder Swindler? Here's where Simon Leviev is now - Netflix Tudum
Extended Cinematic Universe
- Adam Neumann (WeWork guy)
- Elon Musk
- ?
- Caroline Calloway (ran a “creator’s workshop” that was basically Fyre Fest for VSCO girls, and then scammed people again by getting people to pre-order copies of her book about the experience that was never published)