As we travel further into the new year, it provides new opportunities for the world’s scammers. In this episode of the BTC, we look at two strange cases of scams going awry. A special thank you to this week’s guest host, Eileen Walters!
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Research links below!
Ring the Damn Bell – “A Wrestling With Sin Mystery: The Carny Con Man Jerry Balisok”
Casetext – “State v. Balisok”
Mental Floss – “How Conman Jerry Balisok Pulled the Ultimate Disappearing Act”
68 Wn. App. 277, 843 P.2d 1086, STATE v. BALISOK
StevenWarran – “March 10, 1990, Seattle Post Intelligencer, ‘Jonestown Victim’ Turns Up Alive In the King County Jail, by Jack Hopkins”
Find A Grave – “Jerry Bibb Balisok”
Justia – “State v. Balisok”
The Seattle Times – “Murder Conviction Overturned By Court — Court Of Appeals Rules Jury Action Prejuduced Trial”
The Seattle Times – “Man Feared Dead In Jonestown Ran Hoax, Police Say”
AARP Podcast – The Perfect Scam – Colorado Funeral Home Body Brokering Scheme Part 1 & 2 – Episodes 153-154 – May 11 & 18, 2023.
KKCO11 News – “Montrose funeral home mastermind and co-conspirator sentenced”
United States Attorney’s Office: District of Colorado – “Sunset Mesa Funeral Home Operators Sentenced to Federal Prison For Illegal Body Part Scheme”
Courthouse News Service – “Colorado funeral home director to pay restitution for selling body parts”
The Daily Sentinel – “Body of complaints piled up: State knew of funeral home concerns long before FBI raid”
