What Ashley Flowers has said about Life insurance fraud

3 quotes · 1 episode · Apr 6, 2026

Ashley Flowers, Creator and host of the true crime podcast Crime Junkie and founder of Audiochuck, has been quoted on Life insurance fraud 3 times in 1 episode of Crime Junkie, most recently on April 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Flowers says the previous co-owner Frank refused Sweetman's repeated requests for mutual life insurance policies, saying he wanted to be worth more alive than dead.

    “Dave repeatedly tried to get this Frank guy to do the same thing, but Frank refused, telling Dave that he wanted to be worth more alive than dead”

    Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 26:55

  • Flowers says Alicia discovered two policies that together would pay out $8 million rather than the roughly $500,000 Sweetman told her to expect.

    “And both policies together would pay out not $1 million, but $8 million”

    Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 40:53

  • Flowers recounts that the insurance company said it had already received signed documents and Alicia reported that her signature had been forged.

    “She's like this is the first time I've ever signed anything. Somebody if you have signed documents somebody forged my signature”

    Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 41:59

Episodes

  • MURDERED: Nick Cordova

    Crime Junkie · Apr 6, 2026 · 53 min

    Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the unsolved 2020 murder of Arizona businessman Nick Cordova and suspicions surrounding his business partner.

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