Texas con-man pleads guilty in advance-fee scam

Discussion of various forms of Advance Fee Fraud, including application fees for loans that never materialize, self-liquidating loan scams, as well as mortgage elimination scams and related debt elimination scams [Nigerian-type scams should go in the Nigerian 4-1-9 forum]
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Texas con-man pleads guilty in advance-fee scam

Post by Judge Roy Bean »

Clever - and one has to wonder if the people he scammed could prove they have unclean hands. :Axe:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/01/24/33531.htm
Edward Louis Molz III, 29, took money from 247 people for what he called "aged" corporations, which he claimed would give them access to lines credit. Then he spent the money on himself, federal prosecutors said.
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Under the plea agreement, Molz agreed to forfeit money and property, including a 2007 BMW 650, a 2005 Maserati and real estate in Irving.

He faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and restitution at his April 18 sentencing.
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Re: Texas con-man pleads guilty in advance-fee scam

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Those victims are real winners, either that or desperate to keep their heads above water and willing to "lie a little" to do it. Pretty big lie, though.
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