Australia’s Greatest Conman

A respected leader of an Australian national search and rescue operation isn’t who he claims to be.

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• (00:00) - - Introduction to Richard Flanagan and John Friedrich
• (01:30) - - Welcome to Oh My Fraud
• (07:00) - - John Friedrich and the National Safety Council of Australia
• (10:00) - - The Ash Wednesday Bushfires and NSC's Expansion
• (16:42) - - Discovery of Financial Irregularities and Friedrich's Disappearance
• (22:29) - - Friedrich's True Identity and Arrival in Australia
• (25:59) - - Analysis Using the Fraud Triangle Framework
• (30:59) - - Friedrich's Arrest, Legal Proceedings and Eventual Death
• (35:29) - - Lessons Learned From the Friedrich Case and Wrap Up

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Sources:

• Common seadragon [Wikipedia]
• List of impostors [Wikipedia]
• Fictional impostors [Wikipedia]
• National Safety Council of Australia [Wikipedia]
• Ash Wednesday bushfires [Wikipedia]
• John Friedrich (fraudster) [Wikipedia]
• The Story of John Friedrich: The Great Imposter [Australian Crime Stories / True Crime TV]
• Mr John FRIEDRICH Medal of the Order of Australia [Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]
• Friedrich and Flanagan: the con-man and his ghostwriter [Conversations / ABC]
• Richard Flanagan on lies, literature, and Australia’s greatest conman [The Guardian]