Con Artist Sklarov Scams Billionaire, Faces Federal Charges

Con artist Vladimir Sklarov, aka Gregory Mitchell and Mark Simon Bentley, faces federal charges for scamming a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million. Posing as a lender linked to the Astor family, Sklarov tricked the victim into handing over stock shares as loan collateral. Despite promising a loan, he sold the stocks, keeping most of the money, and only returned a fraction. Sklarov, with a history of fraud convictions, is now facing a detention hearing in Chicago. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/0c85fa4e4f3483c6