Gabrielle Bluestone is a journalist and attorney from New York. Con artists are now being assisted by technology and social media. Although con artists have been around for a long time, this was new. She had a lot of questions and was looking for answers. Her background as a reporter for Gawker, Jezebel and Vice, along with being a licensed attorney gave her the tools she needed.
The documentary and Gabrielle went on to receive an Emmy nomination. Gabrielle went on to become the Emmy nominated executive producer of the Netflix documentary Frye. But it wasn’t before many innocent people had been duped into giving him millions of dollars. Because of her reporting, con man Billy McFarland is behind bars for fraud. While working as a journalist at Vice, Gabrielle Bluestone was the first to uncover the scam behind the infamous Frye Music Festival. Hype explores social media scams, influencers and why we follow and fall for them. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeartRadioĪuthor Gabrielle Bluestone – Hype: How Grifters and Con Artists are Taking Over the Internet – and Why We’re Following Them Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 38:34 | Recorded on June 10, 2021
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