Emily Chan
He also told them they were under constant surveillance. Courtney even managed to convince real government officials that he was a super secret spy. He used those officials to give his story more credibility.
In truth, Courtney had never worked for the CIA before, and the program he described did not actually exist.
While he did serve in the National Guard, it wasn’t until after the Gulf War, and he had never seen any combat.
When federal investigators started looking into his activities, some of the companies actually refused to cooperate with the investigations because they didn’t want to risk compromising national security.
Finally, Courtney was caught. He agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced to seven years behind bars.
