courtroom waited and when i sis. would harvey take the stand? >> i told the investigators that i thought he was going to testify. they didn't think so. they thought i was crazy. >> reporter: what made you think he would? he's a con man, he likes to talk. con men think they can talk themselves out of any situation. >> he was right. sure enough, harvey was confident, self-assured, had answers for almost everything. he didn't steal steven's money, he said. >> he came wupup with a story t no one had heard before his testimony. >> which was that steven owed him his entire inheritance to pay back a whole different loan, this second loan was verbal said harvey. done on a handshake, undocumented naturally. >> but mr. morrow thought he could sell it. he is a con man and he told it with a straight face. >> reporter: would jurors believe him? steven's friend sylvia worried. >> you know, i was thinking, oh,