Steve Comisar
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| Born | Steven Robert Comisar Script error: No such module "person date". |
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| Other nameTemplate:Pluralize from text | Brett Champion |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Con man |
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Steven Robert Comisar (born December 30, 1961) is an American con artist[1]Template:R/superscript who was arrested multiple times and convicted of a variety of frauds.[2]Template:R/superscript[3]Template:R/superscript[4]Template:R/superscript[5]Template:R/superscript This includes convictions in 1983, 1990, and 1994 in Los Angeles Federal Court.[5]Template:R/superscript In 1999, he was arrested for swindling investors in a fake television quiz show project he promoted as involving Joe Namath. For this, he was sentenced to thirty-three months in prison.[3]Template:R/superscript Earlier in his life, as a young man, Comisar marketed a "solar powered clothes dryer" in national magazines for $49.95. Buyers received a length of clothesline.[6]Template:R/superscript
After release from prison on April 27, 2018,[2]Template:R/superscript Comisar claimed to be reformed, used the alias Brett Champion, and promoted himself as a fraud prevention expert and consultant. He used this name on Dateline NBC,[1]Template:R/superscript[7]Template:R/superscript and in other television appearances. He also wrote the book America's Guide to Fraud Prevention under this name.[7]Template:R/superscript[8]Template:R/superscript[9]Template:R/superscript
As a result of subsequent convictions, Comisar is now legally prohibited from using this alias, and from referring to himself as a consumer fraud expert. His book is considered a "piece of fraud history" by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and is on display in their fraud museum.[10]Template:R/superscript[11]Template:R/superscript
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Prisoner Admits Trying to Extort Money From Two Local Lawyers". Metropolitan News-Enterprise Online. November 20, 2008. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Federal Bureau of Prisons". Bop.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Purported 'Former' Con Man Is Sentenced Anew - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. December 7, 1999. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Release No. 07-066 Career Con Man Sentenced To Five Years For Attempting To Extort Money From Attorney Representing Murderer". justice.gov (Press release). May 15, 2007. Archived from the original on May 19, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rosenzweig, David (December 24, 2002). "'Former' Con Artist Accused of Bilking 84-Year-Old Man". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sandbeck, E. (2007). Organic Housekeeping: In Which the Non-Toxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your Health and That of Your Family, While You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your Sanity. Scribner. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4165-9570-0. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
Awhile back the brilliant scam artist, Steve Comisar, cleverly exploited the efficiency of line drying laundry by advertising a "Solar Powered Clothes Dryer" for only $49.95. When the suckers, er, customers, opened the eagerly awaited packages, they discovered that the "Scientifically proven, space-age clothes dryer" was a piece of clothesline. I'm sure quite a few of them were amused. The equipment necessary for line drying clothes is usually inexpensive, ...
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Schwarzenegger Names Federal Prosecutor To Court". Main Justice. July 2, 2010. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Independent Newspapers Online (July 24, 1999). "The man who can't stop conning". Independent Online. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Author of Consumer Fraud Guide Arrested". Los Angeles Times. November 7, 1999. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- ^ Barry Minkow Added to the List of Repeat Offenders Script error: No such module "webarchive"., from Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Scott Patterson, ACFE Media Relations Specialist
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ACFE's Fraud Museum". Accounting Today. June 29, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
