Show Notes
Pat’s scamming hits an all-time high and he leaves in his wake a trail of devastation. Countless people and businesses fall victim to a variety of schemes and scams, earning Pat tens of thousands of Euro through deception and fraud.
His victims come forward and lay bare how Pat’s scams evolved from low level grifting, to far more elaborate complex schemes, with multiple fictional characters and intricate planning to draw in his unsuspecting targets.
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It's time to confront Pat about his lies. And it brings up an important question - If he was lying about the small things, can he be trusted about the big stuff?
Pat starts to become distant from us, cancelling meetings and covering up with lies that soon begin to unravel. We wonder what he could be hiding, and travel to Limerick where we end up in an unexpected surveillance operation.
Does Pat’s scamming stop when his gambling stops, or is the relationship a little more complex and tangled? Pat goes through a long period when he says he was clean – a decade or more of no gambling, no crime, a steady job, and a successful life. But how long could the calm last? After many years, the old ways find their way back in, and Pat finds himself juggling again. Juggling his addiction, his crime and every other part of his life.
Pat attempts a new start in life, moving to Dublin. He begins a new career, and what feels like a new dawn. A new major figure in his life offers great new opportunities, but before long Pat begins to slide back into old habits, as he hunts out and devises new schemes.
Pat descends into the world of crime, as he goes after soft targets and finds the need of his gambling addiction overrides the weight of any guilt.