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>>56241823
>It's amazing to me how common these stories of obvious bullshit con artists are and how much money and influence can they acquire.

You can have fun reading this deposition if you have the time.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6309656/590/9/kleiman-v-wright/

QRD
>Craig wants to pass himself off as a cybersecurity expert with extensive experience and ties to big government agencies
>But Craig realizes he has no credentials, no ability, no knowledge on the subjects, etc. so he has to find a way to fraud himself some convincing paper trail
>He happens to find a very tiny company located on the other side of the planet in America called GICSR, which is ran by a dorky catlady and a few employees and basically acts as a conference organization for cybersecurity groups to discuss things like industry best practices.
>this company is less than 10 people and mostly just holds brunches in the conference rooms of hotels, nothing technological or interesting
>but this little company can accurately put "works with the NSA" on their business cards because sometimes government agencies send representatives to these conferences, and anyone who called them or looked them up could confirm this
>Craig calls up dorky catlady and tells her "hey I'm really interested in the field, I'm a cybersecurity guy in Australia and I was wondering if I could be a volunteer for you and maybe help establish some likeminded connections for you here in Australia if you needed them"
>"Uh.... sure"
>Craig now has a cybersecurity connection he can point to if anyone has doubts about his credibility
>But Craig realizes that this podunk little conference group isn't impressive or technical
>No problem, no one in Australia knows this so Craig is going to "reinvent" GISCR into some James Bond-tier CIA shit
>Not only is he going to reinvent the company, but he is going to be the President of their Asia-Pacific Division (which obviously does not exist) and print himself business cards