Episode 83
Episode 83 | Welcome to the Ritz Your Royal Highness-ish | Oct. 1, 2025 | 35:00
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
A super-motivated con man racks up some serious jail time–and 30 identities.
Hosts
Greg Caputo
Maria Raha
Jason Schell
Topics
This week’s headline: Above the Law, New York, New York, July 11, 2025
Anthony Gignac
Prince Khalid bin al-Saud
Carl Marden Williamson
Additional Resources
ABC. “The Royal Con,” The Con. Season 1, episode 5. March 11, 2021.
Chazanov, Mathis. “Prince of Fraud Pleads No Contest After a Merry Run,” Los Angeles Times. Oct. 24, 1991. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-24-me-328-story.html
Raphael, Shannon. “Anthony Gignac Pretended to Be Saudi Royalty — Where Is He Now?” Distractify. Nov. 4, 2020. https://www.distractify.com/p/anthony-gignac-now
Seal, Mark. “He Actually Believes He Is Khalid: The Amazing 30-Year Odyssey of a Counterfeit Saudi Prince,” Vanity Fair. Oct. 5, 2018. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/he-actually-believes-he-is-khalid-the-odyssey-of-a-counterfeit-saudi-prince
Seal, Mark. “How the Fake Saudi Prince, Anthony Gignac, Was Exposed,” Vanity Fair. Oct. 30, 2018. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/how-the-fake-saudi-prince-anthony-gignac-was-exposed
U.S. District Attorney’s Office, Southern Florida. “South Florida Resident Sentenced to More than Eighteen Years in Prison for Impersonating a Member of the Saudi Royal Family in Order to Swindle Millions from Investors.” May 31, 2019.
