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Con Man: November 2009

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Another Hilton Lie? Work Of Art He Claimed Was His Own Bears Sticker Of LA Furniture Store

Justin Elliott | November 6, 2009, 4:43PM

A rendering of Mother Theresa handed over by Michael Hilton.

Perhaps we didn't give American Police Force chief Michael Hilton enough credit earlier this week when we reported on his excuse for not handing over works of art to help pay off a hefty fraud judgment in California. Now Hilton, who has admitted the APF deal in Hardin, Montana, was bogus, has allowed a courier for one of his victims to take the art from his Santa Barbara home.

But, as the Billings Gazette reports, Hilton's description of the works, which he claims are his only assets and include a rendering of Mother Theresa, was false:

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Topics: American Police Force, American Private Police Force, Con Man, Michael Hilton

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Hilton: I'm Too Sick To Forfeit Self-Portrait For Auction

Justin Elliott | November 3, 2009, 9:40AM

Michael Hilton

The Billings Gazette in Montana has the latest from now-admitted conman Michael Hilton: asked to hand over four works of art to help pay a $700,000 judgment in a California real estate fraud case, Hilton claimed he had the flu and couldn't make it.