Post by HeadMarshal on Dec 7, 2017 10:35:56 GMT -5
"More than 800 people in impoverished areas of Kentucky and West Virginia lost their benefits because of Conn's fraudulent claims, authorities said. Two committed suicide after Conn disappeared."
That my friends is why financial fugitives are underrated fugitives. They don't just steal from the rich (not excusing that either of course). They steal from everyone, and don't care the consequences. As I said before, taking someone's life savings can often have the same effect as stabbing them.
Eric Conn was/is admittedly an interesting and eccentric personality. He was/is also a scumbag that should not be celebrated. I'm glad the FBI showed him he wasn't as smart as he thought he was, and that he's going to jail for at least 12 years, possibly more thanks to his escape.
www.yahoo.com/news/fugitive-eric-conn-guilty-550m-170255144.html
Not only are financial fugitives underrated as far as the emotional toll they inflict on their victims, but as we can tell from this example, they often have hundreds of fraud victims. Hopefully the escape charge adds a few more years to Eric Conn's prison sentence. We should be reassured that white-collar fugitives don't have the character to survive very well in prison compared to hardened violent criminals, so Eric's time in jail will be a really miserable one.