The GAA Catfish has nothing on Queen of the Con, a fake Irish heiress who conned over 40 people out of thousands of dollars.
The GAA Catfish has nothing on Queen of the Con, a fake Irish heiress who scammed over 40 people including Johnathan Walton out of thousands of dollars .
“She tells us she’s from Ireland but she’s been living in the States for years. She’s dating this powerful politician who’s a partner in a law firm. He’s gonna get the pool back, no problem. Her boyfriend had sued this building twice before and they’re scared of him… one letter from his office will get us the pool back.” Basically, she was the heroine from the get-go.
This part of the story is true. Mair really did work at that travel agency… it was actually the catalyst for her downfall. How she got the job? That part was made up. “I’ve been investigating con artists for the past five years now, and I can tell you, that that is a huge red flag. That’s called wetting your beak. It’s a technique scammers use. Once she pays me back, I now have confidence in loaning her more money. She’s trustworthy. In my mind, she’s a woman of her word. I feel comfortable loaning her more money down the line.”
Johnathan charges the legal fees to his credit cards, and naturally, Mair is thrilled. He believes the case is over… until a couple of days later he gets another call from Mair. “She tells me the judge is punishing her because she charged the money to my credit cards. He considers that money laundering and he’s going to make her serve 30 days in jail for that to teach her a lesson.” Johnathan buys that story too. “I was very naive at that point,” he admits.
After a year of investigating, Mair is finally put on trial for grand theft. She’s still scamming people in the meantime though – pretending to be mentally ill and trying to coerce another mentally ill man into marrying her. The trial lasted four days, and Mair was sentenced to five years in prison – she got out early due to Covid. “In California, they were releasing a lot of non-violent criminals – tens of thousands of them, and she was one of them. Once she’s out, she goes straight to Maine, her home state which is about 3,000 miles away from California. Literally the furthest point she could get from me,” Johnathan tells me of her current whereabouts. But she’s still up to her old tricks.
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