A well-known Italian confidence trickster popularly known as “King of the Con” was recently arrested in Rome while dressed as a Franciscan priest.
He had been attempting to fraudulently obtain a loan by presenting a driver’s license stolen from a prelate who is currently serving as a papal ambassador in Africa.
Stefano Ramunni, 61, was taken into custody along with another man who accompanied him to a post office near the Vatican to try to get the loan. (The Italian post office offers small personal loans, ranging from $3,200 to $63,000, to anyone who has a bank account.)
