My Best Friend Was A Con Artist Who Scammed Me Out Of $92,000. Here's How I Got Justice.
Huff PostJohnathan Walton and Mair Smyth at Smyth's tree-trimming party. “They’re trying to get me disinherited.” All of a sudden we weren’t just new friends ― we were two discarded souls bonding over our incredibly painful family circumstances. The jail’s website showed there had been no “slap on the wrist.” Mair was serving time for felony grand theft. She’s also been charged with felonies for fraud and grand theft in Florida and Tennessee under the alias “Marianne Welch.” The Los Angeles Police Department ended up spending 11 months investigating my case. “By the time I’m done with Marianne Smyth, the world will know her face so she can never scam anyone ever again.” Testifying at trial was particularly grueling because the prosecutor went over each dollar Mair scammed from me in extreme detail.
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