Scammed more than 50 people into living a life of luxury: the fake tycoon they compare to Anna Delvey

There are those who support it J. Nicholas BryantAged 26, she is about to become the new Anna Delvey or Frank Abagnale, con artists whose crimes have been successfully depicted in the Netflix series Invented Anna and in the film Catch me if you canrespectively.

In recent days, the details of the scammer’s crimes have been revealed, as the protagonist spoke from prison with The Daily Beast.

But before we get into its flaws, Let’s review the context of your case a bit.

the false tycoon

Bryant was found guilty of wire fraud for defrauding more than 50 people in 2020 and 2021.

Moreover, he pretended to be an oil tycoon, reserved luxury goods and services and manipulated online payment methods to make it look like his money would be made and duly tricked a developer into starting construction on a $980,000 mansion and never paid for it.

now faces 20 years in prison.

The word of the scammer

In recent press releases, the scammer claimed that he used his earnings to finance a life full of luxuries.

He has flown at least 17 times on private planes, visited five-star hotels, paid for expensive dinners, traveled on yachts and bought five luxury cars for $500,000..

“I’ve taken private jets and stayed in the most expensive Airbnbs and hotels. I went deep sea fishing and traveled as far as I could,” he said he also assured he was a better con man than Delvey and Abagnale.

“By far my favorite trip was to the Turks and Caicos Islands. I spent two weeks on the island from fishing to sailing yachts. I stayed in a $30,000 a night house. It was amazing,” Bryant continued.

The North Texas Attorney, Chad Meachumwho is pursuing his case, compared him to the two scammers above, which led Delvey herself to publicly complain that he used her name to associate her with a criminal.

Invent Anna

Anna Sorokin She is a serial con artist from a working middle class family who has cobbled together a totally fictional life, under the name Anna Delvey.

To integrate into New York’s select high society, Delvey introduced herself as a young heiress to a multi-million euro 52 million trust.

Along with that idea he put together a fake profile and started the chain of scams against friends, contacts and companies.

His charges included defrauding a first-class hotel of $275,000. In addition, US$35,000 to a group of friends for a trip to Paris; and $62,000 to the Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel Deloache Williamsfor a trip to Morocco.

In May 2019, Esquire says, Sorokin was convicted of grand larceny and utility theft. The corresponding penalty was four and twelve years’ imprisonment.

With a three-year sentence, in February 2021, he was released on probation for his good behavior.

Esquire’s information is that it paid off its debts with a portion of the $320,000 it received from Netflix for the rights to its story and for some interviews in which it made controversial statements.

On Good Morning America, for example, he said his prison years were “therapeutic.”