Fraud Friday: The Dopey Doper w/ Ify Nwadiwe

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It's Friday! Privyet, con-gregation! We revisit our episode with Ify Nwadiwe to spill the Russian tea on an Olympic doping scandal that gave Russian athletes a scandalous advantage at the Sochi Games. Plus, some good old fashioned Nigerian internet scams!

 This was originally released on June 23, 2020. Research by Sharilyn Vera
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