Published: 01:26 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 07:36 GMT, 4 December 2020Ī conman who impersonated female Hollywood executives to dupe actors and others into phone sex and steal over $1 million has been arrested in the U.K. The suspect was identified in an unsealed court indictment Thursday as Hargobind Tahilramani, a 41-year-old Indonesian manĪ suspected con artist who allegedly impersonated top female Hollywood executives to swindle wide-eyed aspiring stars out of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been arrested in Britain after a US extradition request, the FBI said Thursday.ĭubbed the 'Con Queen of Hollywood,' the suspect led investigators on a years-long, global manhunt so improbable it has even been optioned for a book deal. The scam began as early as 2013 until August this yearīy Afp and Matthew Wright For.
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He's even tricked some of them into having phone sex with him by asking them to read out a sex scene from a fake movie script.The scammer appeared to pick handsome, muscular men as his primary targets.On arrival, the victims were allegedly bilked for US currency at every turn by Tahilramani and his co-conspirators.Victims were approached with offers of lucrative Hollywood jobs and instructed to travel to Indonesia for tasks.Tahilramani allegedly impersonated Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy, former Sony movie chief Amy Pascal, and ex-Paramount boss Sherry Lansing.The scammer has been operating for at least five years and may have defrauded hundreds of people.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Tahilramani was arrested by Manchester police last week.based on request of the U.S., according to the FBI The suspect was identified in an unsealed court indictment Thursday as Hargobind Tahilramani, a 41-year-old Indonesian man.
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