Millionaire CEO Fakes Death By Pretending To Have Mad Cow Disease

This episode details the elaborate criminal scheme of Jose Lantigua, a Florida furniture mogul who faked his own death to escape massive debt. Lantigua manipulated his wife, Daphne Simpson, by fabricating a story about contracting mad cow disease and being targeted by a drug cartel due to a fictional past with the CIA. After obtaining a fraudulent Venezuelan death certificate, he attempted to claim over $8 million in life insurance while hiding in a custom-built bunker. The deception was eventually exposed by insurance investigators and federal agents who tracked his movements and discovered his forged identity. Both Lantigua and his wife faced imprisonment and restitution after their orchestrated disappearance fell apart.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/murder-files-unsealed--6017387/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.