We all have childhood dreams. Not all of us get to make them come true. In this episode, Caleb and Greg discuss the story of Frederick Darren Berg, who as a boy, developed a fascination with buses, and made them central to multiple ventures in his career.

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Sources:

• Darren Berg on the Run: Inside the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in Washington State History [Seattle Met]
• Financial empire, luxurious lifestyle were built on a mirage [Seattle Times]
• After spending spree, a reckoning for man behind state’s biggest Ponzi scheme [SeattlePI]
• Berg often portrayed himself as a lawyer [Seattle Times]
• Mercer Island Man Arrested for Ponzi Scheme and Bankruptcy Fraud Darren Berg Defrauded Investors and Allegedly Tried to Hide Assets During Bankruptcy [FBI]
• Mercer Island Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Ponzi Scheme and Bankruptcy Fraud [FBI]
• American Greed: ‘Seattle Roasted’ [American Greed]
• Inmate who defrauded investors more than $100 million escapes Atwater prison [Merced Sun-Star]
• Prison escape of Darren Berg, Washington’s ‘Mini Madoff,’ is like ‘Shawshank Redemption,’ official says [Seattle Times]
• Washington man who escaped prison following $100M Ponzi scheme possibly went to Brazil [AP]
• Darren Berg: A Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Escapes: Part 1 [The Perfect Scam]
• Darren Berg: A Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Escapes: Part 2 [The Perfect Scam]