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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Growing Up in Chaos: Childhood, Abuse & Survival
6:00 - Early Influences: Media, Vice, and Formative Years
15:00 - Hustling in New York: Odd Jobs & Street Mentality
24:30 - First Taste of Crime
29:00 - Enter Porky’s: Meeting Tony & Joining the Strip Club World
32:00 - Inside Porky’s: Wild Stories & Club Culture (The “Sh*t Trial”)
45:00 - Deep in the Game: Industry, Power, and Fast Money
46:50 - The Raid: Violence, Police Crackdown & Club Shutdown
1:05:30 - Arrested Overseas: Panama Raid & Life-Threatening Consequences
1:07:30 - Surviving Prison from Afar: Close Call That Changed Everything
1:30:00 - Lessons from Chaos: Scams, Survival Tactics & A Shift in Perspective
1:35:00 - The Psychology of the Con: How Desperation Gets Exploited
1:38:30 - Looking Back: Hard Lessons, Close Calls & A Life Redirected
1:41:00 - Fraud at Scale: How Schemes Stay Ahead of the System
1:44:00 - Consequences Catch Up: When the Hustle Turns on You
1:47:00 - Final Reflections: From Reckless Living to Hard-Earned Awareness
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