Prince of Thieves: Con Man Anthony Gignac

There’s a Latin phrase, “Fortune favors the bold.” Con artists
understand that better than anyone, I think. It always takes some
degree of boldness to do what they do, from Bernie Madoff’s billion
dollar Ponzi scheme to the three-card Monte guy on the street. But
once in a while, we get ourselves a true master of the art—a con
artist so audacious, so arrogant, so bold that they leave everyone
they meet feeling like they just got swept up in a hurricane. We’re
about to tell the story of one of the most outrageous con games
ever played in this country—an unlikely con made even more bizarre
by how completely people fell for it.

Sources:
Mark Seal, Vanity Fair:
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/how-the-fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac-was-exposed

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/he-actually-believes-he-is-khalid-the-odyssey-of-a-counterfeit-saudi-prince

Tom Huddleston Jr.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/06/how-fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac-conned-investors-out-of-millions.html

CNBC's "American Greed," Episode "The Fake Prince's Royal
Scam"

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