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Episode 303 - Anthony Gignac: Prince of Fraud

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The Fake Shake

If you Google fake shake, you're much more likely to come across Mazar Mahmud. Mahmud single handedly changed the face of British tabloid journalism during his time at the now defunct news of the world newspaper. Under the guise of a Saudi royal, he would gain access to the upper echelons of society and then sell all their ill-gotten stories to the tabloids. Over the course of his 33 year career, the fake shakes undercover journalism sent dozens of people to jail, landed almost a hundred convictions, and destroyed numerous lives.

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