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Paul Kruse had an irresistible sales pitch. He told his investment clients that their principal investment would be totally safe. They could expect annual returns between 10 and 15 percent. In other words, watch your money grow, risk free. Sounds great, right? If only it\u2019d been true. Paul\u2019s scheme robbed people of their life\u2019s savings, but his plan ground to a halt when his assistant, Amy Weatherford, got suspicious. The feds had plenty on Paul, but he didn\u2019t go down easy. From the comfort of his prison cell, he hatched a violent plan that would make him a free man.

Then Brandi tells us the story of Anthony Curcio. Anthony has always been smart. He\u2019s always been a planner. But he hasn\u2019t always used those skills for good. In 2008, Anthony had an expensive drug habit and a busted real estate business. He needed a lot of money, and he knew just where to get it. Over the course of several months, Anthony made a meticulously detailed plan to rob a Brink\u2019s armored car. His plan was so thought-through, it\u2019s hard to believe he got caught.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\nAmerican Greed, \u201cA Mother\u2019s Costly Revenge\u201d
\n\u201cGreed Report: How to blow the whistle on your boss\u2013 and live to tell about it,\u201d CNBC.com
\n\u201cJacksonville con man who tried to hire hitman sentenced to 30 years in prison,\u201d The Florida Times-Union

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cOut of Prison, Real-Life Thomas Crown Looks Back on Almost-Perfect Heist\u201d by Brooke Stangeland, ABC News
\n\u201cHow an Idaho football player became a bank robber\u201d by Martin Rogers, USA Today
\n\u201c6-year sentence in robbery with getaway inner tube\u201d by Ian Ith, The Seattle Times
\n\u201cAnthony Curcio\u201d wikipedia.org