Introduction
This is a true story, but in an effort to preserve anonymity of the innocent and the guilty, I have had to use pseudonyms for all of the individuals involved in this story.
I will endeavour to tell the story about my friendship with a serial fraudster, Walter, who I befriended for a period of shortly under three years.
There are real newspaper and social media articles about this individual, which I will give a brief summary of. In order to protect Walter’s anonymity (so I don’t get sued) I cannot give the dates of the articles but merely a synopsis of each one:-
- There was a piece about Walter masquerading as a Cambridge academic three years ago, but this piece has been removed from the internet.
- There was a Twitter (now X) post about Walter, with his photo, by what I assume to be a disgruntled friend, who exposed him, saying that he is a serial fraudster who seeks out vulnerable people to exploit, and is a fantasist. This post has now been deleted from the internet.
- There is another Twitter post made two years ago from someone reporting on an airline scandal where Walter was invited to give his side of the story. When I initially met Walter, I knew that he was working with this airline organisation, but I have not heard him say anything more about it so can…
