"Yes, I'm a crook": Confessions of a Frenchman on the run with three arrest warrants against him

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Unlike some of his colleagues, Anthony doesn't bother with false modesty when it comes to describing his activities: "Yes, I consider myself a crook, even if I never use the word," he admits. At 36, he can even boast of being a highly wanted crook. Currently in Moldova, he is the subject of three arrest warrants issued by France. One concerns a five-year prison sentence for impersonating a prosecutor, another follows an incredible scam involving a fake start-up, and the last is linked to his activities on the darknet, where he is suspected of having proposed the creation of fake companies and the sale of bank accounts... While the Moldovan justice system is soon to rule on his fate, he has few illusions: "At some point, he's going to have to pay the bill !" And it's likely to be a steep one.

How does one become a con artist? The only son of an ordinary couple, Anthony admits that he has always wanted to "achieve something else" : "Getting rich has never been my driving force, which is to live properly. Getting up in the morning without having to do the accounts." During their investigations, however, the investigators will note a pronounced taste for travel and Michelin-starred restaurants on the part of this child from a small village in the...