33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference Country Music Hall of Shame Quiz

To enter the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference Country Music Hall of Shame Giveaway for your chance to win a $250 gift card, answer the below questions based on the frauds featured in the Country Music Hall of Shame exhibit.

The game begins Sunday, June 19, and will close at 11:59 p.m. Central Time, Tuesday, June 21. Only conference attendees are eligible to participate. Please read the official rules before submitting your entry. The winner will be notified via email.

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* 1. Country musician and serial fraudster Riley Shepard made a variety of untrue claims throughout his life. What song popularized by Elvis Presley did Shephard infamously claim to have written?

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* 2. Jonathan Roda was a prolific con artist who traveled around the U.S., bilking aspiring musicians out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Name the country music star Roda hung out with in Nashville who knew him as Julian DeAngelo.

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* 3. In 1960, the U.S. Congress held hearings on the radio industry's practice of payola in which record producers would pay radio stations to elevate the popularity of a song. Name the DJ who was famously uncooperative during the hearings.

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* 4. Financial advisor Robert McLean convinced clients to invest in high-yield promissory notes, promising them huge returns. From the outside, McLean’s operation appeared to be successful, but in reality, investigators say he was running what type of scheme?

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* 5. Richard D'Antonio allegedly shot and killed music chart director Kevin Hughes on Nashville's Music Row because Hughes attempted to expose a bribery scheme between D'Antonio and a record promoter to elevate the chart positions of songs. What was the name of the magazine that D'Antonio and Hughes were both employees of when the scheme allegedly occurred?

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* 6. Tanya Pluckhahn and Aaron Parsons allegedly convinced victims to invest in the career of Australian country artist Alys Ffion, who they dubbed "the next Taylor Swift," so she could break into the Nashville music scene. How many counts of fraud were Pluckhahn and Parsons each charged with?

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* 7. Please enter your email address that matches the email used to register for the 33rd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

By submitting your answers, you agree to the terms and conditions of the giveaway.