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Kingdom of Fraud

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It’s the unlikeliest of criminal partnerships: a devout polygamist from an insular Utah sect joining forces with a shadowy Armenian tycoon from LA. The result - a billion dollar fraud conspiracy. In Kingdom of Fraud, investigative reporter Michele McPhee traces the origins of the extraordinary alliance between Jacob Kingston and Levon Termendzhyan. Together, the two men trigger the largest tax investigation in American history and weave around themselves a web of dirty cops, influential political relationships and transnational money laundering. All this is set against the backdrop of Jacob Kingston’s clan – The Order. A powerful and secretive polygamist organization in Salt Lake City. To whom Jacob is desperate to prove his worth.   Kingdom of Fraud is produced by Novel for iHeart Podcasts. For more from Novel, visit https://novel.audio/.  You can listen to new episodes of Kingdom of Fraud completely ad-free and 1 week early with an iHeart True Crime+ subscription, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts. Open your Apple Podcasts app, search for “iHeart True Crime+, and subscribe today!

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Bonus Ep 3: The Big, The Bad and The Biofuel

Producer Jake Otajovic talks to author and journalist Don Carr to understand the pervasiveness of fraud in the biofuel industry and they discuss the shocking truth behind

Jul 14
30 min

Bonus Ep 2: The Order

As Michele McPhee reported on Jacob and Levon, she heard many dramatic stories from and about the women in The Order. In this bonus episode, she drives around Salt Lake C

Jul 7
35 min

Bonus Ep 1: The Umbrella of Protection

Investigative reporter Michele McPhee explores the shocking web of corruption surrounding this case. She talks to producer Jake Otajovic to unravel a few of The Boys’ own

Jun 30
36 min

7: Final Call

Jacob Kingston attempts a dramatic escape. The Feds race to get him and Levon Termendzhyan behind bars before they can disappear to Turkey. In Kingdom of Fraud’s dramatic

Jun 23
47 min

6: Strip Search

As news of a criminal federal investigation causes Jacob and Levon to panic, federal agents from the IRS gear up for a case unlike any other. But… the Feds have a problem

Jun 16
37 min

5: Who Do You Trust?

Jacob Kingston makes a terrible misstep as the heat on him and Levon Termendzhyan rises. Could an unassuming teenager from The Order potentially bring down the criminal c

Jun 9
36 min

4: Friends in High Places

As the fraud starts to rake in tens of millions of dollars, Jacob Kingston rises up the ranks of The Order. But he and Levon need to find somewhere to stash all their dir

Jun 2
44 min

3: The Boys

Michele McPhee is on an LA-wide mission to learn more about Levon Termendzhyan’s backstory and to uncover the web of corruption surrounding this case.  Who are Jacob and

May 26
31 min

2: Into the Lion’s Den

Jacob Kingston meets Levon Termendzhyan, ‘The Lion’, for the first time. Their unforgettable first adventure cements them as business partners - and before long, partners

May 19
38 min

1: Jacob's Ladder

Jacob Kingston grew up in The Order, an insular polygamist sect in Utah. He is one of his father’s more than 100 children. On the quest to prove himself to his family, Ja

May 12
44 min

Introducing: Kingdom Of Fraud

It’s the most unlikely of criminal partnerships: A devout polygamist from an insular Utah sect joining forces with a shadowy Armenian tycoon from LA. The result– a billio

May 5
2 min

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#26
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18
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#176 ▼ 16 True Crime US

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The content seems somewhat interesting but holy cow ad breaks are 6-7 minutes each and there’s 4 or more of them per episode! I just fast forwards but out of 50 min episodes to have a good 30-40% of it being ads it’s so annoying it almost makes u forget you want to listen to this podcast. And yes u can buy whatever subscription to take out the ads but one can’t be “nickeled and dimed” at every move.

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