Narrator then he destroys them. He yelled at me for a half an hour, called me stupid, incompetent, lazy, idiotic. Narrator but his is a con that pays off big. He was spending, on average, 1 million a month. Hes the greatest con man, in my opinion, that ever lived. Narrator in early 2007, troy stratos is living in a 12,000 square foot mansion outside of sacramento, california. He is taking care of the house because the owner, his good friend Nicole Murphy, actor Eddie Murphys exwife, has moved to los angeles. He gets a call. Its nicole. She has entrusted stratos with her money and now she is being hounded by creditors. Stratos reassures her that everything is fine. But he is lying. At this point he has already taken at least 13 million from trusting victims like Nicole Murphy. And the question is what is the secret to this con artists stunning success . The answer begins in maui in 1994. Stratos is 28, an aspiring film director. He comes to the island to work on a film script with the m
Claims in the name of scot peterson. He killed his wife and their unborn son. Someone also claim benefits in the name of karis diener, also on death row for killing four women near yosemite. There is no honor among thieves. Reporter the Sacramento County da joined other top das in announcing that e. D. D. Failed to check the inmate lists. They also failed to check where the funding was going. Make there was money sent to prisons. Reporter names were clearly phony were not flagged. They have names like john doe were john adams. In one case, somebody had the audacity to put their name as poopy bridges. Reporter 22 inmates were charged with stealing 250,000 from e. D. D. Several have been convicted. The da says even with clear evidence of fraud, they cannot take action. Under the regulations, they were bound. They could not cut people off until we file charges. Reporter El Dorado County da said another cruel irony lies in the fact that those truly out of work are having problems getting t
Staff, who says the reliefan who speed up vaccine distribution. The enemy within. Speaker pelosis extraordinary warning about violence in congress, and calls for a Freshman Member to be expelled after her old social media post indicates support for executing prominent democrats, including former president obama. Californians hit with a firehose of rain. Neighborhoods evacuated as levees break. Gamestop chaos. The st reried. The et wride. And, this incred Story Ofthinurn doses about to expire. L se thedt from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with Breaking News on two fronts tonight. As we come on the air, two cases of that highlycontagious South African Variant Of Coronavirus have now been found in the u. S. The first evidence that another dangerous mutation may already be spreading nationwide, and could soon lead to a surge of new infections and deaths. The c. D. C. Says it discovered the cases in So
Killed his wife and unborn son. It has been said that there is no honor among thieves. The Sacramento County da joined other top das in denouncing edd for failing to check inmate lists like its done and 35 other states. They also failed to check where the funds are going. There was money sent to prisons. Even names that were clearly phony were not flagged. Even names like john doe, in one case someone had the audacity to put their name as poopy purchase. Several people have been convicted but the da says even with clear evidence of fraud that edd could not take action. Under the regulations they were all bound by, they could not cut people off until we file the charges. The El Dorado County da said another cruel irony lies in the fact that those truly out of work are having problems getting through to edd. They are unable to get money because they dont know the system the way inmates do. Assemblyman Jim Patterson says he wants edd officials to testify under oath about their systemic fa
In the north bay where some upper 30s can be found in saint in santa rosa at 3937 degrees currently so that chilly for some of us but not all that bad. Im talking more about what to expect into the holiday still to come. Robin sounds good. Thank you. John were checking in on the traffic for folks who do have to get out there and maybe had to work maybe do some shopping trip into San Francisco looks really good so its holding up nicely so far we havent had any delays at all that may happen later on this morning but for now youre good come on into San Francisco in 12 minutes after fremont street. Just getting word of a car fire in san leanne sorrel as you transition from northbound to 38 approaching the nimitz freeway split theres a car thats on fire crews are heading out to sea backing up a little bit there toward 5. 80 so keep that in mind as you transition from Castro Valley to leandro that car fire still working crews are responding the rest of the east bay looks good 24 the nimitz t