The Loyalty Cards That Unmasked Grover Falls' Secret Extortion Ring
カートのアイテムが多すぎます
ご購入は五十タイトルがカートに入っている場合のみです。
カートに追加できませんでした。
しばらく経ってから再度お試しください。
ウィッシュリストに追加できませんでした。
しばらく経ってから再度お試しください。
ほしい物リストの削除に失敗しました。
しばらく経ってから再度お試しください。
ポッドキャストのフォローに失敗しました
ポッドキャストのフォロー解除に失敗しました
The Loyalty Cards That Unmasked Grover Falls' Secret Extortion Ring
-
ナレーター：
-
著者：
A birdwatcher found fifteen pristine laminated loyalty cards in creek mud after a flood-cards that should have been ruined but were dated within the past year. Those cards tied to a discontinued loyalty program and a web of monthly payoffs that funneled about $2.3 million a year; how did a neighborhood bar’s plastic tabs become the thread that unraveled eleven years of city corruption?
In this episode, we lay out the sequence of discoveries and connections that linked Kettner's Bar, Tidemark Services, the DLRA, and dozens of small businesses across Grover Falls, asking how routine bookkeeping and a forgotten card program kept a secret extortion system running for years.
Person: Harvey Hunter
Person: Alan Peterson
Person: Kimberly Whitfield
Event: Discovery of fifteen laminated loyalty cards
Amount: approximately $2.3 million per year
- Harvey Hunter found fifteen laminated cards fanned in creek mud on the morning of August 11, 2009.
- Grover Falls population is approximately 80,000 and included a Tuesday-evening bookkeeping class attended by eleven people.
- Alan Peterson held 49% of Sabel Distribution and owned Kettner's Bar and Tidemark Services; he was 51 years old at the time.
- Court records showed 47 small businesses were part of the arrangement, with monthly payments from $300 to $2,200 per business.
- Forensics confirmed the fifteen cards had been laminated within the last 12 months and the physical cards were officially discontinued in 2006, though the system remained active at least through 2008.
To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com.
© 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved.
This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
まだレビューはありません