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Eric C. Conn — Largest Social Security Fraud in US History
The Eric C. Conn case is a Kentucky disability-benefits fraud (2004–2017) in which attorney Conn bribed a federal judge to approve thousands of fake Social Security claims.
The Strip Search Phone Call Scam — Fast-Food Hoax Calls
The Strip Search Phone Call Scam was a US hoax-call series (1994–2004) in which a man posing as police directed fast-food managers to strip-search employees in over 70 incidents.
The Timmothy Pitzen Case: America's Enduring Child Disappearance Mystery
On May 11, 2011, six-year-old Timmothy James Pitzen was withdrawn from his Illinois school by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, who claimed a family emergency. Three days later, Amy was found dead from suicide with a note stating the boy was safe but would never be found. More than a decade on, Timmothy remains missing.
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The Big Conn
The Big Conn is an Apple TV+ documentary series about Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn, who orchestrated the largest Social Security disability fraud in U.S. history, cheating taxpayers out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Don't Pick Up the Phone is a Netflix documentary series about the decade-long strip-search phone hoax that targeted fast-food restaurants across the U.S., with the 2004 McDonald's case in Mount Washington, Kentucky as its most notorious incident.
Eric C. Conn — Largest Social Security Fraud in US History
The Eric C. Conn case is a Kentucky disability-benefits fraud (2004–2017) in which attorney Conn bribed a federal judge to approve thousands of fake Social Security claims.
The Strip Search Phone Call Scam — Fast-Food Hoax Calls
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Bone Valley: How Sloppy Police Work Put an Innocent Man in Prison
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The Timmothy Pitzen Case: America's Enduring Child Disappearance Mystery
On May 11, 2011, six-year-old Timmothy James Pitzen was withdrawn from his Illinois school by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, who claimed a family emergency. Three days later, Amy was found dead from suicide with a note stating the boy was safe but would never be found. More than a decade on, Timmothy remains missing.