Anthony Gignac: The Prince of Fraud

This week we are discussing Anthony Gignac, a con artist who spent years posing as various Saudi princes in order to swindle millions of dollars from businesses and people.  Research by Haley Gray with Haley Gray Research.   From Last Thing Before We Go, Listen to Pretend Podcast on Frank Abagnale here. New merch! Check out Moms and Mysteries Threadless! You can also get new episodes a day early and ad free, plus merch and more at Patreon.com/momsandmysteriespodcast Listen and subscribe to Melissa’s other podcast, Criminality!! It’s the podcast for those who love reality TV, true crime, and want to hear all the juicy stories where the two genres intersect. Subscribe and listen here: www.pod.link/criminality  Thanks to our sponsors! Vessis are our go-to shoes by my door. Check them out at vessi.com/MOMS for a pair of your Vessi shoes. Looking for your next bingeworthy podcast? Check-out Big Mad True Crime! New episodes of are dropped every Monday! Listen to Big Mad True Crime anywhere you listen to podcasts.  Get better sleep now with Blissy and use MYSTERIES to get an additional 30% off at blissy.com/MYSTERIES. Head over to sleep.me/MOMS to learn more and save 25% off the purchase of any new Dock Pro, OOLER or Cube Sleep System. This offer is available exclusively for Moms and Mysteries listeners -- and only for a limited time!  Check-out Moms and Mysteries to find links to our tiktok, youtube, twitter, instagram and more! Make sure you subscribe and rate our show to help others find us! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected] or visit https://www.advertisecast.com/MomsandMysteriesATrueCrimePodcast Sources: https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/  https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/south-florida-resident-sentenced-more-eighteen-years-prison-impersonating-member-saudi https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/south-florida-resident-pleads-guilty-impersonating-member-saudi-royal-family https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/06/how-fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac-conned-investors-out-of-millions.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-05-me-968-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-24-me-328-story.html  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  https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15556618600633522421&q=anthony+gignac&hl=en&as_sdt=2006 https://cases.justia.com/federal/appellate-courts/ca6/07-1520/08a0706n-06-2011-02-25.pdf https://ecf.flsd.uscourts.gov/doc1/051118622550  https://ecf.mied.uscourts.gov/doc1/0971744542 https://www.forbes.com/sites/elisabethbrier/2019/09/06/befriending-the-notorious-fake-sultan/?sh=301593a69a0c https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/us/fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac.html https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/article231005888.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/30/he-convinced-people-he-was-a-rich-saudi-prince-he-was-really-a-poor-street-kid-from-bogota/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200807214648mp_/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1995/oct/12/prince-of-thieves-good-life-ends-for/ https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-06-05-0206050128-story.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/bjbnd8/the-insane-saga-of-the-fake-saudi-prince-who-scammed-miamis-rich-and-famous https://www.gov.je/news/2022/pages/AttorneyGeneralSecuresRepatriationOf$529,000ToTheUS-.aspx  https://archives.starbulletin.com/1997/06/13/business/story2.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-12-05-0212050081-story.html  https://web.archive.org/web/20180115212951/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article194382094.html  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices