A career con artist who often pretended to be a military veteran while engaging in schemes across the country was convicted on Wednesday for a recent charade. The man, Jeremy Wilson, 43, who has adopted more than two dozen aliases over the years, was convicted of forgery and possession of stolen property in State Supreme Court in Manhattan after a two-week trial. Prosecutors said that Mr. Wilson created a persona to lease the vehicle: Jeremiah Asimov-Beckingham, a former soldier who worked for British Airways. Mr. Wilson showed the dealership a fake passport and bogus driver’s license, phony pay stubs and forged military records to bolster his story. Read more of this storySource: New York Times Online(Visited 31 times, 26 visits today)Commentscomments

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