Scheme

Scheme


Episode 16: Yale Med School

May 31, 2023

Jamie Petrone-Codrington was living the high life.  She owned 4 homes, 6 luxury cars, and traveled the world.


How did she fund such an extravagant lifestyle?  Well, Petrone wasn’t a famous actress, physician, or CEO.  She was the director of finance and administration for Yale’s School of Medicine, where she was in charge of purchasing computer equipment.


That doesn’t seem like it would be a path to riches.  But indeed it was.


Petrone was making a fortune, until someone noticed something.  She was buying a lot more electronics than the school needed.  What was she doing with all those iPads?  The feds decided to follow her and find out.



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