Those grifters started way back in Arkansas. This is just the latest iteration of their money grubbing schemes.
They started in a state that was filled with yellow dog democrats and dumb women who vote for handsome men. Nothing else mattered. That means they could get away with murder. And they did.
Then when they didn’t need the “dumb rednecks” (that’s what they thought of Arkansans) anymore they moved on.