2023-06-07 12:00:07
the indonesian Hargobind Tahilramani posed as influential women of Hollywood to scam actors, directors and photographers. For this reason, he is known as ‘The Queen of Scam’.
The British justice approved on Tuesday the extradition of Hargobind Tahilramanian alleged con man known as ‘The Queen of Hollywood Scam’ for having stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from film professionals by posing as influential women of Hollywood.
The man, of Indonesian origin, is an excellent mimic of female voices and accents. He is accused of having defrauded more than 300 people, including actors, directors and photographers, obtaining more than one million dollarsbetween 2013 and 2020.
Hargobind Tahilramani He was arrested in 2020 in England following his indictment, in 2019, by a California court.
Tahilramani posed as leaders of Hollywood as Kathleen Kennedypresident of Lucasfilm (producer of the Star Wars saga), ex-head of Sony Amy Pascal and the former CEO of Paramount Studios Sherry Lansing.
She would also have imitated the ex-wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Wendi, and sometimes also impersonated male executives.
His way of working
Upon arrival, accomplices of the swindler they took money from the victims under the guise of “transportation expenses” or other prohibitive advances, which the production would reimburse them later.
But the unsuspecting did not see their money once more and those who complained or expressed doubts were explicitly threatened by Tahilramani, who intimidated them by sending them photos of their children or spoke of “dismembering[los]”, according to the indictment.
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