“Time For Change” | S2 E6

01/19/23 • 34 min

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Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crime

Tara Lee had the opportunity to quietly do her prison time and follow through on the court’s orders, but she just couldn’t do it. Tara began making statements that she was innocent; she didn’t complete the victim impact statement recordings as ordered by the court; and she began filing appeals to have her conviction vacated, all of which kept her firmly in the Detroit headlines.

So, where does Tara’s case stand now? Have Tara’s victims been able to move on since her incarceration? Is there anything people who are looking to adopt can do to protect themselves from falling victim to predators like Tara? What even drives someone to behave the way Tara did?

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Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media.

Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna.

Research and writing by Gina Mazzolini.

Emily Crain does the audio mixing and editing.

Josh Cooke composed the music and Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art.

If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH.

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If you enjoy Dirty Money Moves, please leave us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts.

Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media.

Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna.

Research and writing by Gina Mazzolini.

Emily Crain does the audio mixing and editing.

Josh Cooke composed the music and Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art.

If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH.

Visit murderish.com for a list of sources used for this episode.

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“The Worst Case” | S2 E5

Tara Lee’s sentence hearing was attended by dozens of her victims, many of whom traveled great distances to see her be punished. They sobbed while giving statements to the court about how Tara hurt them. Some people even addressed Tara directly.

It wasn’t only adoptive families speaking, birth mothers and fathers, people who had their children taken from them without their consent all made their voices heard. Victim statements were given for over six hours, each person demanding justice for their broken families. Tara even spoke to the court, but would the judge be swayed by Tara’s emotional apology?

If you enjoy Dirty Money Moves, please leave us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts.

Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media.

Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna.

Research and writing by Gina Mazzolini.

Emily Crain does the audio mixing and editing.

Josh Cooke composed the music and Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art.

If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH.

Visit murderish.com for a list of sources used for this episode.

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Talia Goetting & Tonya Corrado: "Taking Down a Scammer" | S2 E7

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Attorneys Talia Goetting & Tonya Corrado worked with Tara for a time. They were actually about to go into business with her when everything came to a screeching halt. Talia and Tonya began noticing red flags, and soon enough, they were working with the FBI to take Tara down.

In this episode, you’ll hear directly from Talia and Tonya about their experience working with Tara, and how everything went down once they became suspicious of her.

If you enjoy Dirty Money Moves, please leave us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts.

Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media.

Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna.

Emily Crain does the audio mixing and editing.

Josh Cooke composed the music and Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art.

If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH.

Visit murderish.com for a list of sources used for this episode.

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