Chuck Whitlock
Following a successful career in business, Chuck began his
career in broadcasting when he came to the attention of
Oprah Winfrey's producers as the author of Easy Money, his
first book on white-collar crime. After the first of
several appearances on Oprah, Chuck created, produced, and
anchored a regular news segment entitled Easy Money for KGW-
TV, the Portland, Oregon, NBC affiliate. Many of his
investigative reports were broadcast nationwide on the NBC
News satellite feed. As an independent producer for the Inside Edition
segment "Medicare Sting," Chuck was a recipient of the
National Headliner Award for Outstanding Investigative
Reporting as well as the Society of Professional
Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award for Television
Investigative Reporting. Chuck's work as a producer and investigative reporter
brought him to the attention of Hard Copy, which contracted
with him to produce over 50 segments focusing on scams, con
artists, and consumer issues. Chuck hosted The Scam Show with Chuck Whitlock, a
nationally syndicated weekly radio show. Chuck completed
Scam School (Macmillan), a book about many of the scams and
con artists he'd exposed on the air. He also created a
weekly newspaper column entitled Scam Alert which he wrote
for The Columbian. Chuck later joined the nationally syndicated magazine
series Extra as its Investigative Correspondent. Chuck
served as Executive Producer and Host of Telepictures' one-
hour special entitled Extra Undercover with Chuck Whitlock. Chuck was awarded an Excellence in Consumer Education in
Television Broadcasting Award from the National Association
of Consumer Agency Administrators for his undercover
investigation of an illegal Canadian telemarketing boiler
room for Extra. The Washington State Crime Prevention
Association presented Chuck with its award for 2002 Crime
Prevention Program of the Year. As Executive Producer and Host, Chuck produced Crimeline, a
television show developed for Oregon Trail Television.
Chuck was Co-Host and Investigative Reporter for Live &
Learn, a television pilot developed for Fox Domestic
Television. Selected segments of Chuck's "cons-on-camera"
recently appeared in a British special Hoaxbusters, which
has been sold to the Discovery Channel. Chuck hosted a one-
hour travel scams special for the Travel Channel. In his book MediScams (Renaissance Media: 2001) Chuck
reveals how to spot and avoid health care scams, medical
fraud, and quackery. From physicians to health care
providers, Chuck exposes mistreatment of patients, Medicaid
and Medicare fraud, and more. In his book Police Heroes (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's
Press: 2002), Chuck honors and celebrates the men, women
and K-9 officers who are asked to put their personal safety
aside for a greater good on a daily basis. Some remarkably
courageous individuals, all of whom acted bravely in the
most trying, life-threatening situations, are featured in
Police Heroes. In his latest book Age without Rage (R-W International:
2004), Chuck and co-author Bill Reed bring together other
experts to address the issues important to aging
confidently and smartly. Chuck writes about con artists
targeting seniors and what seniors can do to avoid being
scammed. Other experts address such issues as staying
financially independent, protecting your assets from
catastrophic illness, long-term health care, legal
considerations for seniors, housing options, and mental
health issues for seniors, among other topics. Chuck recently signed a contract to produce segments for
the television show 60 Minutes II. Chuck's latest project is CRIMELINE™, a law enforcement
training program that features top experts and specialized
training modules. Sponsored by Experian, one of the world's
largest credit reporting agencies, the course presents
information about identity theft, money laundering and
terrorism, financial exploitation of and fraud against
seniors, street cons, cyber crime, forensic accounting,
investment fraud, credit card and check fraud, and medical
fraud. A well-respected consumer advocate and speaker certified by
the National Speakers Association (NSA), Chuck speaks to
audiences across the United States about how they can
protect themselves from being scammed. A nationally
recognized expert on scams, he has shared his knowledge and
experiences on numerous radio and television programs.
Additional media appearances include Today on NBC, Court
TV, The View, CNBC's Steals & Deals, CNN's Your Money, The
Other Half, The Rob Nelson Show, Regis and Kathie Lee, The
20th Century with Mike Wallace, The Charles Grodin Show on
CNBC, The Maury Povich Show, Geraldo, Sally, The Jenny
Jones Show, Home & Family, Crook & Chase, Save Our Streets,
Joan Rivers' nationally syndicated radio show, regular
quest appearances on the syndicated radio show The Bottom
Line, as well as appearances on many other affiliate
stations and cable networks.
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Books:Chuck Whitlock's Scam School, October 1997
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