Pleading the Fifth

Pleading the Fifth

From The Shaun Thompson Show by Shaun Thompson

June 12, 2026 · 1h 42m

About this episode

The episode discusses scams, legal challenges related to financial privacy, and transportation fraud with insights from legal and industry experts.

When everything is a scam, of course they aren't going to talk! PLUS, Luke Wake, attorney at  Pacific Legal Foundation 's Separation of Powers practice, tells Shaun about a case he is working on challenging the Bank Secrecy Act where the government gives the Treasury permission to spy on your financial transactions .   And Joe Persaud, COO of the  American Transit Insurance Company , discusses the opportunistic fraud in the transportation sector and how using blockchain technology as a solution to stop the fraud. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Shaun Thompson

Guests: Luke Wake, Joe Persaud

Topics covered

  • scams
  • legal challenges
  • financial privacy
  • transportation fraud
  • blockchain solutions

Keywords

  • scam
  • Bank Secrecy Act
  • financial transactions
  • transportation fraud
  • blockchain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pacific Legal Foundation, American Transit Insurance Company, Bank Secrecy Act, blockchain technology

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