A US-based man who has been impersonating a Saudi prince for years has been sentenced to 18 years in jail.

The man has embezzled millions in fake investments pretending to be Prince Khalid Bin Al-Saud

He has been accused of scamming people using fake diplomatic credentials and hiring a group of bodyguards to follow him everywhere. He also lived in a luxurious Miami condo, drove a Ferrari with a forged diplomatic license plate, and courted investors and gift-givers.

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He would use this fake identity to persuade investors to put up millions of dollars for fake business opportunities.

He has pleaded guilty to “identity theft and fraud”

Florida man, Anthony Gignac,48, who posed as Saudi royal, jailed for 18 years for cheating people out of USD 8 million pic.twitter.com/vZLSzqA2Id

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