The victims of his latest ploy -- a grandiose scheme to transform the farm town of Sweetwater, Tennessee, into a southern retail mecca -- include a ditched accomplice-girlfriend from northern Ontario, a dairy farmer tricked into selling all of his cows, and, most remarkably, two veteran police officers who quit their jobs to become the fake millionaire's security guards.

"I lost two good officers; both went to him because he was going to pay them $1,000 a week and give each a Lincoln Navigator," Sweetwater police Chief Eddie Byrum said. "It'll be tough for them to get re-hired because they lost their jobs in a field where you shouldn't get swindled."

Watch out for this guy (http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=46bd20e6-b6cb-428b-a058-93e7f3434665)

interesting. and yeah, thats what we need here in tennessee....another Wal-Mart. :rolleyes: sounds like this guy should be on Olbermann's Worst Person in the World list.

The victims of his latest ploy -- a grandiose scheme to transform the farm town of Sweetwater, Tennessee, into a southern retail mecca -- include a ditched accomplice-girlfriend from northern Ontario, a dairy farmer tricked into selling all of his cows, and, most remarkably, two veteran police officers who quit their jobs to become the fake millionaire's security guards.



Watch out for this guy (http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=46bd20e6-b6cb-428b-a058-93e7f3434665)

We have a Sweetwater, Texas too... but I doubt very seriously those good ole West Texas boys could be conned into much. They hardly trust each other, much less somebody with an accent!

I thought all his crimes are been done states side. I don't know where the story went Its even broken on the official linked site. Maybe it wasn't true.

well, here's a local link to this same guy.

more on this con man (http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/mar/21/tbi-seeks-man-who-allegedly-pulled-cons-in/)

So the story is true. Wow its seems fit for comedy TV.