Impersonator Stole Trump Family Identities In Fundraising Scam: FBI

[brooklynite]

Source: WNBC

A Pennsylvania man fraudulently used then-President Donald Trump's relatives’ names and photos – including those of Trump’s teen son - to rip off unsuspecting followers of a fictitious political fundraising operation, the FBI said.

Joshua Hall, of Mechanicsburg, Penn., allegedly raised thousands of dollars using Trump family identities on his platforms - claiming those relatives were helping him run the fundraising operation.

Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York said Hall used the money he raised for his own personal spending. They said he while he had more than a 100,000 social media followers, there was no actual political organization or fundraising group.

“Central to the scheme was the impersonation by Joshua Hall … of members of the President’s family,” prosecutors said in court papers filed Tuesday. Prosecutors allege Hall even used the likeness of Barron Trump, 15, falsely claiming the teen called Hall a “friend and partner” of the president.

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[stillcool]

1. wow...amazing to see

they still know how to charge people with fraud? I thought that was a lost art.

Hall, 22, who had worked as a food delivery driver, was arrested in Pennsylvania and is expected to appear before a federal judge there on the wire fraud and identity theft charges filed in New York. Attempts to reach his attorney were not immediately successful.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Make your thefts legal, they're a lot easier to get away with /nt

[wyn borkins]

3. A Possible Truth

I would bet that had he (Joshua Hall) impersonated the actual backwards-pants-wearer he (Joshua Hall) may never have been suspected nor identified.

[drmeow]

4. Sounds to me like

the Trumps should adopt him - he'd fit right in!

[Marcuse]

5. Is Joshua merely seeking his rightful inheritance - like Mary?

[sarcasmo]

6. Grifters fall prey to scam. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[monkeyman1]

7. easy picken's now !!!

[brewens]

8. The former guy should adopt him. How the hell did he only scam thousands? He must not have

tried very hard. He'd fit right in with the family.

[TroubleMan]

9. Oh no! .... anyway

[SwannieK]

10. LMAO

lol lol lol lol

[Escurumbele]

11. The big story here is the fact that trump followers are extremely gullible

A guy I know donated to the wall, he sent me an email for me to donate saying "it is a great cause", I told him then "I bet it is a scam, anything that comes from your party is a scam, plus it is not a good cause." Anyway, when it was found that it was a scam I sent him the article...All he said was "you can't even trust vets now.", I said "sorry, it is republicans that you cannot trust."...and we left it at that.

[marble falls]

12. Tiffiny is reputedly interested in this guy and 45 only wants to "wet his beak".

[machoneman]

13. Joe! He's a Hero! Give him a medal, pulleezz!

[JohnnyRingo]

14. A student of PT Barnum no doubt.

Knowing how easy it is to harvest cash from nitwits.

[jcgoldie]

15. May as well

Seeing as how the Trump's themselves use their own identities in fundraising scams almost perpetually...

[Kid Berwyn]

16. A MetaGrifter

A grifter of grifters...

[monkeyman1]

17. donny is pissed ! didn't get his cut !!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. This will be fun to watch

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