"If he sees people posing on Instagram with yachts, say, or cars that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, while also trying to raise money, he says, bells immediately go off.“ ... It’s rare, Overum says, that you’ll go long without hearing from a target that turns out to be running a scam. “They always need money,” he says. “They’re always running short on cash.”
Ah. That's a good method of target selection.
IIAOPSW
That's cool as hell, but also it seems weird that his biggest fear is merely being exposed and not able to do it no more.
You'd think he'd maybe be afraid of a more...extralegal ending giving the wake of wealthy ruthless people he's Richard Overing
fracus
This isn't how I would define whistleblowing. This is more like mercenary stings.
neilv
A lot of the detail in this story seems tailor-made (ha) for the upscale fashion image that GQ sells to its advertising targets.
Ah. That's a good method of target selection.