This is f** wild. I don't understand level of incompetence it took to trust him with that much money. People who trusted them with this much money are fools. Fools with large $$$.
I've run into someone that basically did the same thing and has been going around to different cities and countries and pulling the same stuff.
He almost uses the exact same words and tries to twist things around like "well I could have gone bankrupt but I decided to do the right thing and pay back people". Meanwhile all he's doing is paying back fractions away using new investor money while living his comfortable lifestyle.
Nah they did. He lost their money on stocks, lied about the state of their investments then paid them all a healthy return from his drug ventures with them none the wiser.
I stand corrected. Thanks. Edited my original post. But the point remains unchanged. He was not an isolated kook with no money or connections, and his supporters and his financiers definitely were not.
Blame the people constantly giving phonies like this money. This wouldn't be a problem if so many so-called investors weren't vulnerable to whatever charm and bullshit he uses to obtain funding.
Why not grift? That's what is massively rewarded! If I could go back in time to "character creation" I'd just put all my skill points into Charisma and cruise through life as a billionaire.
Yes of course it was funny that a conman got millions of idiots to believe he would do something that might hurt the balance sheet of his biggest donors.
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