Max McCoy stumbled on a $47 million swindle that starts just north of the Oklahoma panhandle and bounces to Australia before things get really confusing in a haze of small town corruption, secretive law enforcement and competing theories.

On the surface, this story is just another pig butchering scam, but is that because it’s actually a control fraud? We try to figure it out in this week’s episode, which takes place down in Elkhart, Kansas. 

The Tinfoil Swan provides a guided tour of fake invoices and how to avoid being fooled by them. 

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