The speakers operated a 'Scam and Seizure Team' during their military service to obtain and trade equipment.

What we found

Context. The passage is the claimant's own podcast talk, which is not evidence; it refers to a 'Scam and Seizure Team' on a 'second tour' but also says 'the Scam and Seizure Team is not a real team', undermining the literal claim.

Context. Independent sources (e.g., DOJ and Army Times reports) document military equipment theft and resale schemes in general, but none names the speakers or a 'Scam and Seizure Team'.[1][2]

Context. The podcast's own pages describe the show as riffing on military stories and humor, with a 2025 episode titled 'The INSANE Scamming Industry', which does not document the claimed team.[3][4][5]

Sources

5 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated

1. 1Members of U.S. Army Plead Guilty to Role in Scheme to Steal Equipment from the U.S. Military in Iraqjustice.gov · primary source · cited for: context
2. 2‘Easy money’ made selling Army weapons stolen by US soldiersarmytimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
3. 3Unsubscribe Podcastrephonic.com · not rated · cited for: context
4. 4Unsubscribe Podcast | Listen Free on Castbox.castbox.fm · not rated · cited for: context
5. 5History Stories You've Never Heard & The INSANE Scamming Industry | Unsubscribe Podcast Ep 230youtube.com · not rated · cited for: context

Where this claim was made

Said in 1 published post

• Unsubscribe Podcast · Sep 13, 2026“our second tour, when we tried to do scamming, became the Scam and Seizure Team... we barter and trade the things that we stole for things that we can, you know, keep on.”Post →

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