The IT Guy Vs. The Con Artist

Enlarge this image toggle caption Felipe Fernandez Felipe Fernandez

This episode is adapted from NPR's podcast Rough Translation.

In 2010, Felipe was looking for a new gig. Then an infamous con artist — who made a living scamming elderly people out of their life savings — offered him a job.

Felipe saw this as the perfect opportunity to bring justice to victims. He went undercover to con the con man, gathering intel for the authorities between his day-to-day IT tasks. What he couldn't plan for: how much danger he put himself in.

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