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5. Next evolution of the warped political-business dirty tricks.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2018, 08:26 AM

Oct 2018

I've thought of this for some time. Those my age, (old), know what integrity looks like, so those my age who rely on appearances to game the system know what they're supposed to imitate.

But the young have no clue. They can only mimic what the last generation of cons did, without realizing where they give themselves away.

That young man needs to go to prison, where he'll probably round out his education.

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A banker's anecdote how Jacob Wohl tried to swindle $25 million from a bank with a forged letter. [View all] DetlefK Oct 2018 OP

It's clear Jacob didn't take Trump's "How To Scam Bankers" course. Vinca Oct 2018 #1

The club of MAGACons malaise Oct 2018 #2

He will be locked up ... looks like he tried pulling a stunt on Mueller and of course, ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #3

If Whol was brown skinned and 18 and doing this he'd be thrown under the jail and never heard from uponit7771 Oct 2018 #4

Without a doubt. dalton99a Nov 2018 #8

Next evolution of the warped political-business dirty tricks. Baitball Blogger Oct 2018 #5

LOL Blue_Tires Oct 2018 #6

Kick.... (Wohl is a professional con man--a bad one, but still...) n/t blitzen Nov 2018 #7

Puh-lease. Cassie Chadwick won this fraud scheme years ago! Quiet_Dem_Mom Nov 2018 #9