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The conman moves into Greggs Landing and within weeks starts to prey on his new neighbors by pitching his fictitious opportunities. Within a few months, he turns his neighbors into victims, and in part 2 coming up next, we will hear Scott continue on with his story of being strung along by this career criminal. In 2023, Scott is called to the witness stand and provides his detailed account in the case of The State of Illinois versus Ricky Dugo.
On this next episode of To Catch A Conman season 2 In The Victims Voices we will turn our attention to that Greggs Landing neighborhood, and explore the 2 part story of one of the first Ricky Dugo financial crimes victims that found the [email protected] email box. He is also one of the few victims that faced him and testified as a witness in the trial of the State of Illinois versus Ricky Dugo. Coming up next, part 1 of a fantastic interview with Scott.
On this episode of To Catch A Conman In The Victims Voices, we will meet a young woman who met Ricky Dugo at Xsport fitness in 2017. Over the span of a few months a friendship is formed. Rick is now working out in her group, and over time she admitted to him that she was struggling financially. I wonder that happens next. Lets meet Kat.
On this next episode of To Catch a Conman, we will talk with one of the investigators, whom dedicated over 2 hears hunting Dugo down and trying to build the case. Detective Bill comes into the studio and gives us an inside look into how hard it was for Lake County to catch this conman.
In part 2 of David very raw and emotional story of being conned by the Devil In Disguise, aka Ricky Dugo. David seeks the assistance of the FBI, only to be told Dugo isn't a big enough fish. We will continue to hear of the emotional, mental, and physical toll, as the wake of destruction Dugo leaves behind is still present in David's life today.
Back in the early 2000's, a chance encounter bumping into Ricky Dugo at Bally's Total Fitness by a young 18 year old victim is coming up next. In this very emotional part 1 interview with David you will hear one of the most real and raw interviews yet.
In episode 3 we will hear part 2 of Ron's story from the mid 2000's. Ron starts to fully understand the situation is dire. With him and his mom being totally financially terrorized by Ricky Dugo, Ron has no outs and no leverage, and falls victim to addition, as his life spirals out of control. How far could you bend before you break?
On this episode you will hear from a Ricky Dugo victim that will take us back to the mid 2000's, where a young man searches for a mentor and a business partner. Could a car wash be in his future? This particular victim rocked me to my core, a story that still shakes me to this day.....here we go...lets meet a man whom for the purpose of this podcast we will call Ron.
******SPECIAL EARLY RELEASE FOR MY FANS....THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE AND SUPPORT*************KEEP RECOMMENDED THIS PODCAST AND SHARINGOn this very special EARLY release of Season 2 of To Catch A Conman, you will hear the first of many Ricky Dugo victims spill the beans and retell her story off being swindled back in 1999. What happens in Vegas in this case should have stayed in Vegas.
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To Catch A Conman just eclipsed 70,000 downloads, and is now in the top 2% of most popular podcasts in the world as ranked by Listen Score!
To Catch a Conman…
34 Total Episodes in 2 Seasons have been released. Episode 1 is a little slow, trust me it only gets better as I got more comfortable on the microphone. Almost 65,000 downloads all by word of mouth, Additionally in September 2024, I had the honor of being a guest on True Crime News hosted by Ana Garcia and cohosted by Nancy Moscatiello from the smash podcast Scamanda! So let me know what you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wdHLCVtvfk
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Adam
Studio 847 LLC in Long Grove Illinois

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