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February 28, 2007
That thing with the guy in the place
This story is great, and this Matt Goldstein guy has some serious huevos:
Zipping around Chicago in a white Hummer and offering to whisk his girlfriend's parents off to the Super Bowl in his private jet, Matt Goldstein claimed to be a successful CEO from California.
He even had a business magazine cover to prove it--one that featured him in a suit and tie along with the headline: "Achiever of the Year 2006."
But the Deerfield parents didn't buy the story their daughter's flashy new beau was selling them. So last month they began to investigate and went to the authorities.
After a two-week investigation, police said they discovered that the man isn't named Matt Goldstein. He's Hillard Jay Quint, 42, a disbarred lawyer from Atlanta who is wanted in Georgia on warrants accusing him of forgery and probation violation and is under investigation by the U.S. Secret Service in Boston on fraud allegations.
Authorities believe Quint has scammed 10 women from Illinois and seven other states out of more than $1 million after meeting them through online dating sites.
"Achiever of the Year"? If I was this girl's parents, I think I would have busted him right there. Who gives an "Achiever of the Year" award? That sounds like some kind of lame office award, or, you know, something somebody makes up to put on their resume. Or it could be a trick devised by your evil boss to escape liability.
"Oh, Mr. Johnson, I see you've won some awards."
"That's correct, sir. I was the Achiever of the Year for 2006."
Whereupon the first guy calls "shenanigans," "bullshit," or whatever the convention of the day is.
entry no. 764
Posted by oz115 at February 28, 2007 09:34 PM