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Gignac's Con
The DSS uncovered Gignac's true identity and his enormous criminal record dating back more than 30 years. He was arrested at JFK after a trip to Dubai, Hong Kong and London where he'd been squeezing other victims out of their cash. The following month, just days before Christmas, officers raided Carl Williamson's home in North Carolina where he lived with his wife and his twin sons. After being interrogated for six hours during which Williamson insisted that he was just another unwitting victim of Gignac’s con,. And later that day, after eating dinner, Carl told his wife and two twin sons that he was going to bed. His wife found him hanging by his neck at 7.