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Eugene

(62,734 posts)
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 12:25 PM Jun 2017

Fugitive lawyer Eric Conn says he's fled the US using fake passport

Also: Fugitive lawyer Eric Conn says he fled U.S. with a fake passport and help from abroad (Lexington Herald-Leader)

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Source: Associated Press

Fugitive lawyer says he's fled the US using fake passport

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jun 25, 2017, 10:05 PM ET

A fugitive Kentucky lawyer at the center of a nearly $600 million Social Security fraud case has fled the country using a fake passport and has gotten help from someone overseas with a job to help support himself.

The flamboyant disability lawyer Eric Conn, in an email exchange with The Lexington Herald-Leader over the weekend, told the paper he flew to a country that does not have an extradition agreement with the U.S.

The paper reported Sunday that it tried to verify Conn's identity by asking him questions that only he could answer, including his Social Security number, which it obtained from court documents, and details about one of his marriages. He answered correctly, the paper said.

Scott White, Conn's attorney, said that he also received emails that originated from the same address and from a person he believed to be Conn.

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Fugitive lawyer Eric Conn says he's fled the US using fake passport (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2017 OP
Hopefully our president has this guy in his sights! LakeVermilion Jun 2017 #1
If he has 600 million dollars greymattermom Jun 2017 #2
He denies stashing the money abroad or taking it with him. Eugene Jun 2017 #3

LakeVermilion

(1,205 posts)
1. Hopefully our president has this guy in his sights!
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 12:29 PM
Jun 2017

A 600 million dollar fraud against Social Security is certainly terrorism. This guy doesn't deserve a good night's sleep until he repays his theft.

Eugene

(62,734 posts)
3. He denies stashing the money abroad or taking it with him.
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 01:01 PM
Jun 2017

Either not too believable or not too bright.

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