I Beg Your Pardon part 3

About this episode

The episode explores a sophisticated food counterfeiting operation and the legal battles surrounding it, featuring attorney Geoffrey Potter and the story of Adriana Camberos.

You know that little bottle of 5-Hour Energy sitting on the counter of almost every gas station in America? Someone was faking it. Millions of bottles, mixed by hand in a filthy warehouse by day laborers with no training, no sanitation licenses, and no recipe. Just plastic barrels, canoe paddles, and industrial chemicals that may not have been approved for human consumption. In this episode, you meet Geoffrey Potter, an anti-counterfeiting attorney at Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler who only takes cases where the fake product can kill you. Think of him as a private prosecutor with powers most people don't even know a private attorney can have. He helped bring down one of the most sophisticated food counterfeiting operations in US history. You'll also learn what happened after the convictions. How a woman with no obvious connection to the President of the United States managed to secure not one, but two acts of presidential clemency. And how, just 42 days after walking out of prison, she was already running a $59 million scheme in the background. This is the story of Adriana Camberos — a woman who was convicted twice, freed twice, and is still out there. This series is called I…

People in this episode

Guest: Geoffrey Potter

Topics covered

• counterfeiting
• law
• true crime
• food safety
• presidential clemency

Keywords

• counterfeiting
• 5-Hour Energy
• Geoffrey Potter
• Adriana Camberos
• food safety
• presidential clemency
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler

Products: 5-Hour Energy

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