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Cheat - Ethics and Advantage - Legends of Deception: The Most Infamous Cheaters of All Time

Cheat - Ethics and Advantage - Legends of Deception: The Most Infamous Cheaters of All Time

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 Episode Two profiles the most infamous cheaters across multiple domains, examining what their spectacular frauds reveal about ambition and human nature. Maxwell Slate dissects legendary sports cheaters including Lance Armstrong's systematic doping empire and intimidation campaign, the nineteen nineteen Black Sox scandal that threatened baseball's integrity, and Ben Johnson's seventy-two hour fall from Olympic glory to global disgrace. The episode explores gambling hustlers like the MIT Blackjack Team and Richard Marcus's casino sleight-of-hand schemes, quiz show fraudsters including Charles Van Doren's scripted victories and the absurd Millionaire coughing scandal, and massive business frauds perpetrated by Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes, Volkswagen, and Enron executives. Gaming cheats like Billy Mitchell's fabricated records demonstrate that fraud occurs even when only pride is at stake. Common patterns emerge: most eventually get caught, cover-ups worsen consequences, and short-term gains never justify long-term devastation.
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