What's poppin', con-gregation? This week, we have Brendan Scannell talking about an embezzling bookkeeper who attempted to cover up her thievery with arson. Also, a car shop employee fakes his own kidnapping to get out of work. Stay schemin!

Research by Sharilyn Vera.

SOURCES: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/01/11/saratoga-bookkeeper-allegedly-broke-own-nose-set-office-ablaze-to-hide-1-million-embezzlement/

https://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/NRA2021/Carlstrom.aspx

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/us/brandon-soules-fake-kidnapping.html

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