About this episode

Ian Bick built the image of a young entrepreneur while secretly running a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.

On this episode of The Opportunist, Ian Bick built the image of a young entrepreneur while secretly running a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme out of Danbury, Connecticut. The episode traces how a teenager convinced friends, investors, and even family to trust him - until the scheme began to unravel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guest: Ian Bick

Topics covered

• fraud
• Ponzi scheme
• entrepreneurship
• trust
• deception

Keywords

• Ponzi party
• fraud scheme
• young entrepreneur
• Danbury
• trust issues

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Danbury, Connecticut

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