"Walton chronicled his own victimization at the hands of Smyth in both the podcast Queen of the Con: The Irish Heiress as well as a recently published book titled Anatomy of a Con Artist: The 14 Red Flags to Spot Scammers, Grifters and Thieves. His reporting as laid out in both projects triggered a tip about her whereabouts in Bingham, Maine, in February 2024 that led to a 5 September guilty verdict in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland."
"This is a woman who deserves to live the rest of her days in confinement away from the public and away from the opportunity to scam anyone ever again, Walton's statement said. I know that's not the way things work with regard to the legal system. But it's definitely how they should work with regard to an inveterate con woman like Smyth."
Marianne Mair Smyth was convicted of swindling more than $155,000 from four mortgage clients between 2008 and 2010 and was sentenced to four years in prison. Johnathan Walton chronicled his victimization by Smyth in a podcast and a book; his reporting prompted a tip that located Smyth in Bingham, Maine in February 2024 and led to a guilty verdict in Downpatrick on 5 September. Smyth has a broader history of alleged fraud, including an episode in which she attempted to impersonate Jennifer Aniston to defraud a producer. A Northern Ireland victim testified he gave her £72,570 for a buy-to-let property that was never purchased.
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