About this episode

The episode explores how two friends aimed to change the computer leasing industry in the 1970s.

In the 1970s, two lifelong friends set out to disrupt the computer leasing industry. Sponsors UNC - http://ohmyfraud.promo/unc Take our survey : https://forms.gle/mRrR7FPCZs8eWnog8 Get NASBA Approved CPE or IRS Approved CE Launch the course on EarmarkCPE to get free CPE/CE Download the app: Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/earmark-cpe/id1562599728 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earmarkcpe.app Questions? Need help? Email support@earmarkcpe.com . CONNECT WITH CALEB LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebnewquist/ Sources: O.P.M. BANKRUPTCY: QUESTIONS ABOUND [NYT] The Bubble Bursts Following O.P.M.'s Overnight Success [Washington Post] GUILTY PLEAS IN O.P.M. FRAUD CASE [NYT] TWO GET PRISON IN COMPUTER CASE [NYT] SEC News Digest, January 11, 1983 [SEC] ETHICS AND THE LAW: A CASE HISTORY [NYT Magazine] S.E.C. FILES SUIT AGAINST FOX & CO. [NYT]

Topics covered

• computer leasing
• fraud
• 1970s
• business disruption
• friendship

Keywords

• computer leasing
• fraud
• 1970s
• business
• disruption

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