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| Fake Saudi prince who flaunted on Instagram sentenced in fraud scheme |
| 2019-06-02 |
| [NYPOST] Miami fraudster Anthony Gignac was sentenced Friday by a Florida judge to 18.5 years in prison for swindling $8 million from people by posing as Middle Eastern royalty, according to reports. Gignac‐who went by the moniker Prince Khalid al-Saud of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... for more than three decades ‐ chronicled his phony life of luxury on Instagram under the handle Photos show the grifter in a Ferrari, wearing Rolex watches and Louis Vuitton bags, dining on lavish meals and taking luxury vacations. The 48-year-old lived on Miami’s star-studded Fisher Island, where his penthouse apartment door was labeled "Sultan." He hired bodyguards who carried fake badges and his car bore fake diplomatic plates. He referred to himself as "prince," "sultan" and "his royal highness" and demanded pricey gifts from his business partners‐per royal protocol. But in reality, Gignac was a Colombian orphan born Anthony Moreno and adopted by a family in Michigan. The real Prince Khalid is the 79-year-old governor of Mecca. Despite Gignac’s elaborate efforts to maintain his image, he forgot a well-known Moslem rule any respectable Saudi prince would honor: pork is off limits. So when wealthy real estate developer Jeffrey Soffer caught him eating bacon and other pork products, Soffer hired private Sherlocks to look into the alleged prince, ultimately leading to an FBI probe, the Miami Herald reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It was a bittersweet moment in Mecca as, when informed about how the imposter made use of his name, the real Prince Khalid glowed fondly as a tear streaked down his wizened old face. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-06-02 07:55 |