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How a convict stole millions of dollars from inside the cell while passing off as a billionaire

2023-08-30 19:16:18Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
How a convict stole millions of dollars from inside the cell while passing off
How a convict stole millions of dollars from inside the cell while passing off as a billionaire

Have you ever thought that a prisoner managed to deposit 11 million dollars into his account, from inside the cell?!

Arthur Lee Cofield , an inmate in a maximum security prison in Georgia, USA, is the one who has made the impossible possible.

The 31-year-old managed to collect at least 11 million dollars "acting" as a billionaire tycoon, but without ever leaving the cell.

This incredible case of cheating has been doing the rounds of the net, sparking everyone's curiosity, as it is remarkable how the prisoner has carried out the frauds.

The young man led a robbery operation inside a Georgia prison where he tricked customer service representatives at Charles Schwab into believing he was California billionaire Sidney Kimmel.

Charles Schwab Corporation is an American multinational financial services company that provides trading, banking and investment services, including advisory and wealth management services to retail and institutional clients.

Schwab is America's largest traded investment services firm, with approximately $7.8 trillion in active client portfolios.

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Cofield, according to court documents released by county and prison officials, used a phone to impersonate billionaire Sidney Kimmel.

How a convict stole millions of dollars from inside the cell while passing off

The 94-year-old Kimmel is the owner and CEO of the production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and is ranked 1,905 on the Forbes 2023 list of the world's richest people.

He founded clothing company Jones Group more than four decades ago and owns brands such as Stuart Weitzman and Nine West. In 2014, he sold the company for $2.2 billion to private equity firm Sycamore Partners, and now owns the production company Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, which produced the films "Hell or High Water," "Crazy Rich Asian," and "Moneyball." .

Cofield's scheme, which took place between June 4 and 16, 2020, reportedly enabled him to use cell phones smuggled into the prison to communicate with financial services firm Schwab and thereby manage to transfer $11 million to a company in Idaho, to buy 6,106 American Eagle gold bars.

He then chartered a private plane to fly the gold from Atlanta and bought a $4.4 million mansion in Buckhead, Georgia, using only his cell phone.

Cofield was serving a 14-year prison sentence for armed robbery after leaving his victim paralyzed.

He is now also charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering, to which he has pleaded not guilty, while authorities believe associates Eldridge Bennett and his 27-year-old daughter, Eliayah, were involved in the scheme.

So, "Charles Schwab" told the Insider that upon becoming aware of the suspicious activity, measures were immediately initiated to protect the client's account and the authorities were notified.

"Cofield was a cunning, intelligent person who could swindle you out of millions," said Jose Morales, director of the Special Management Unit.


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