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Prosecuters Say This Guy Defrauded People to Buy Over 300 Snowmobiles

There's never been a shortage of grifters in society. From the dawn of time, there's always someone willing to trade their morals to make a quick buck off the backs of a gullible public who believes the best in folks. And that's continued at a steady pace, though seemingly ramping up thanks to the internet, into the present day. 

Marks are seemingly easy to come by, and you can milk them for all your nefarious needs and hopes of a Scrooge McDuck pile of cash. As is the case, or so prosecutors allege, with Wisconsin's own Stanley Pophal, who took 128 people to the bank and swiped a cool $16 million from them. 

What did he use his ill-gotten goods for, you ask? 300+ snowmobiles. Why, what would you spend your stolen cash on?

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