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Episodes 1 through 7 are live, free on YouTube and the podcast. Open Documents from this episode on any card to download the public records and statute text Shawn reads on camera.

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The Shawn Lee Report Episode 1, How to Report Fraud: You're Going to the Wrong Court
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EPISODE 01 · YOU'RE GOING TO THE WRONG COURT
How to Report Fraud
Families pay for motions when what they may need is a law-enforcement complaint. Wire fraud, mail fraud, honest services, and the $8.75 billion math on the survey complaints. Shawn's framework, in plain English.
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Documents from this episode · 8

The statute text Shawn reads from, free to download. Education, not legal advice.

§1343Wire fraud, Shawn's highlighted copyThe clause-by-clause version he marks up on cameraPDF → CHEATTypes of fraud, Shawn's one-page mapWhich federal statute fits which fact patternPDF → §1343Wire fraud, full U.S. Code textEmail, Zoom hearings, e-filing, electronic billingPDF → §1341Mail fraud, full U.S. Code textBills or letters sent through the mailPDF → §1346Honest-services fraudThe "scheme or artifice to defraud" definitionPDF → §1347Health care fraudMedicare and Medicaid billingPDF → §1349Attempt and conspiracySame penalties as the underlying fraudPDF → §1503Obstruction of justiceCorruptly influencing court officersPDF →
The Shawn Lee Report Episode 2, Why Shawn Calls Virtual Court a Fraud
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EPISODE 02 · RULE 8.2, THE CAST OF CHARACTERS & THE $50,000 INVOICE
Why Shawn Calls Virtual Court a Fraud
Open courtrooms forced settlement and kept everyone honest in public view. Shawn's theory on what Zoom court took away. Plus the fictional cast led by Robert Baratheon and auditing a guardian ad litem's bills for wire fraud clues. Education, not legal advice.
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Documents from this episode · 3

What Shawn works from when he audits an electronic billing trail. Education, not legal advice.

§1343Wire fraud, full U.S. Code textWhy an emailed invoice is the part Shawn looks atPDF → §1346Honest-services fraudThe statute behind the guardian ad litem billing questionPDF → DOJNational Fraud Enforcement Division memoApril 2026 DOJ release, Shawn's highlighted copyPDF →
The Shawn Lee Report Episode 3, Why Won't the Cops Do Anything? Why Fraud Never Gets a Detective
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EPISODE 03 · PATROL · DETECTIVE · SWAT · TASK FORCE
Why Fraud Never Gets a Detective
Shawn answers the question families ask most, laying out every player in law enforcement and walking a report from the patrol officer who takes it, to the detective it may never reach, to the task force complex fraud actually requires. Plus how to push it up the chain when nothing moves, Charles Ponzi's 1922 letters, and the FBI's own posting recruiting attorneys as special agents. Education, not legal advice.
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Documents from this episode · 3

The Charles Ponzi file Shawn holds up, straight from the public record. Education, not legal advice.

1922Charles Ponzi's own letters from prisonHandwritten petitions to the U.S. District Court, BostonPDF → 258 U.S.Ponzi v. Fessenden, 258 U.S. 254 (1922)The Supreme Court opinion, official U.S. Reports textPDF → NARACharles Ponzi, inmate no. 3113National Archives, Bureau of Prisons record group 129PDF →
The Shawn Lee Report Episode 4, It's Not an App. It's Social Media. What's Actually in the Parenting App's Terms
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EPISODE 04 · PARENTING PORTALS · AI FLAGS · THE COUPON CLAUSE
What's Actually in the Parenting App's Terms
Shawn reads the professional terms aloud, including the clause letting professionals buy parent account coupons in volume, at a discount. Plus why a court-ordered portal meets the dictionary definition of social media, how AI tone-flagging produces a "high conflict" label, and the New Mexico jury verdict form against Meta. Starts with a joke about chickens that costs nothing said out loud. Education, not legal advice.
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Documents from this episode · 1

The public court filing behind the social-media question. Allegations in a complaint are allegations until a court rules. Education, not legal advice.

2023New Mexico v. Meta et al., complaint (redacted)First Judicial District Court, Santa Fe County, filed 12/5/2023PDF →

Also read on air: the parenting app's own professional terms of service, including the account-coupon and AI clauses. Read them at the provider's website.

The Shawn Lee Report Episode 5, It's a Felony Everywhere Except Family Court. False documents filed in court, who investigates it?
EPISODE 05 · MARTHA MITCHELL · COMPLAINT VS. INDICTMENT · WEBSTER
It's a Felony Everywhere Except Family Court
A real Kansas felony charge for handing a lawyer a false document that got filed in court, and why family court calls the same conduct a civil issue. Plus the Martha Mitchell effect, complaint versus indictment in plain English, a Milwaukee judge convicted of felony obstruction, and the newspaper investigation that ended a state attorney general's career. Education, not legal advice.
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Documents from this episode · 11

Public records and official statute text, with the timestamp where each one comes up. A charge is an allegation until a court rules. Education, not legal advice.

6:26K.S.A. 21-5824, Making False InformationThe Kansas felony statute, official Revisor textLAW → 12:44Kansas Office of the Disciplinary AdministratorWhere attorney conduct complaints actually go, from the Kansas courtsPDF → 13:41K.S.A. 21-5302, ConspiracyKansas Revisor of Statutes, official textPDF → 16:3218 U.S.C. §1503, Obstruction of justiceCorruptly influencing court officers or justicePDF → 22:57United States v. Hannah C. Dugan, indictmentFederal case 25-cr-89. Convicted of felony obstruction Dec. 19, 2025; acquitted on the concealment count; appeal pendingPDF → 30:1518 U.S.C. §1343, Wire fraudThe statute behind Shawn's shadow-docket theoryPDF → 33:05United States v. William L. Webster, the InformationThe two-count charge Shawn contrasts with an indictment. W.D. Mo., filed June 2, 1993PDF → 35:1218 U.S.C. §371, ConspiracyCount One in the Webster casePDF → 35:12Missouri RSMo 562.014, ConspiracyThe state-law counterpart, official Revisor textPDF → 37:38United States v. Webster, plea agreementHe waived indictment and pleaded guilty to both countsPDF → 43:57United States v. Webster, sentencing memorandumThe government's 18-month recommendation, filed Aug. 27, 1993PDF →

Also read on air, at 40:15 and 42:18: the 1993 New York Times report that Webster would plead guilty, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigation that broke the Second Injury Fund scandal. Read those at the publishers.

The Shawn Lee Report Episode 6, A Family Court Judge Is Now a Convicted Felon. When the paper trail exposes the system.
EPISODE 06 · CELEBREZZE · WILLFUL IGNORANCE · FERGUSON
A Family Court Judge Is Now a Convicted Felon
An Ohio family court judge is now a convicted felon. Leslie Ann Celebrezze pleaded guilty in February 2026 to felony tampering with records after filing a journal entry claiming a divorce case was randomly assigned to her. She assigned it to herself, and the paper trail started with one person filing records requests. Shawn uses her case to teach willful ignorance and deliberate indifference, runs a live walkie-talkie experiment showing how a court-ordered co-parenting app turns a five minute miscommunication into a $120 bill, and walks through the DOJ's Ferguson report on courts that ran on revenue. Education, not legal advice.
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Documents from this episode · 4

The conspiracy statutes Shawn cites and the DOJ's public Ferguson report. Convictions get named; allegations stay allegations. Education, not legal advice.

§37118 U.S.C. §371, ConspiracyThe federal conspiracy statute, official U.S. Code textPDF → 562.014Missouri RSMo 562.014, ConspiracyThe state-law counterpart, official Revisor textPDF → 21-5302K.S.A. 21-5302, ConspiracyKansas Revisor of Statutes, official textPDF → 2015DOJ Civil Rights Division, Investigation of the Ferguson Police DepartmentThe March 2015 federal report, including its findings on revenue-driven court practicesPDF →

Also discussed on air: the Marshall Project's reporting on the Celebrezze case and the Ohio court records behind her conviction. Read the reporting at the publisher.

The Shawn Lee Report Episode 7, What If the Medication Changes Who You Are? Telehealth pill mills, black box warnings, and drug test certificates in family court.
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EPISODE 07 · TELEPILLS · DRUG TEST CERTIFICATES · PILL MILLS
Your Ex's Drug Test Came Back Clean. Did They Buy It Online?
Shawn walks through the DEA rule that lets controlled substances be sold through a video visit, the telehealth pill mills built on top of it, and the drug testing sites he says will turn a positive result into a negative certificate for filing in video court. His theory: wire fraud and evidence tampering hiding in plain sight. Plus black box warnings and substance induced disorders, the medication cocktails that change who a person is, what Shawn calls baby pill mills, the Connecticut telework letter, and the law enforcement ladder for reporting all of it. Education, not legal advice.
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Documents from this episode · 4

The federal fraud statutes behind Shawn's telehealth-fraud teaching, and the 2018 RICO opioid complaint he cites. The fraud framing is Shawn's theory. Education, not legal advice.

§134318 U.S.C. §1343, Wire FraudThe federal wire fraud statute, official U.S. Code textPDF → §134718 U.S.C. §1347, Health Care FraudThe federal health care fraud statute, official U.S. Code textPDF → §134918 U.S.C. §1349, Attempt and ConspiracyThe statute behind conspiracy to commit telehealth fraud, official U.S. Code textPDF → 2018National Roofers Union v. Purdue PharmaThe RICO opioid-marketing complaint from the 2018 litigation Shawn walks throughPDF →

Also read on air: the FDA's boxed warning labels for the medications Shawn holds up, and the DSM-5 criteria for substance-induced disorders. Look up any drug's official label at accessdata.fda.gov.

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