Harvey Guillén
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Next, he sets up various answering machines.
When potential employers call to verify his references, they think they're reaching Prudential Insurance.
They're actually reaching Stephen, who calls back the next day doing his best corporate voice to give himself glowing reviews.
And somehow, the scheme works.
Four months after he's paroled, Stephen lands a gig at North American Medical Management, but not some menial office job.
He becomes the company's chief financial officer.
Steven's never managed finances in his life.
He doesn't have a business degree.
He's never worked in healthcare, but he does have confidence and a really good suit.
Steven himself will later admit, most of the time I make stuff up.
It's just BS, which is not exactly the energy you want from the person managing millions of dollars, but it works.
The company's founder will later say that Stephen was the best CFO they ever had.
For five months, Stephen works by day and embezzles by night.
He steals around $800,000 from company accounts he set up without his bosses knowing they existed.
He and Philip buy matching Mercedes, jet skis, and Rolex watches, the real ones this time, not the counterfeit Steven used to sell.
They buy a house with a pool.
They live like people who've made it.
Until the bank notices that $800,000 is missing.
Pretty quickly, it's Trace to Steven.
Stephen and Phillip are both arrested.