Here’s a line from Berkeley promoter and con artist Antywan Ross’s business proposal obtained by California Watch: “Traveling from city to city and at times living out of the trunk of his car, Mr. Ross remained eager and determined not to give up on his dream of becoming an entertainment executive...”
Add: But CW’s Corey G. Johnson says it didn’t turn out that way. Ross was sentenced yesterday to nearly two years in prison for swindling a New Jersey investor out of $325,000 to promote a series of Mariah Carey concerts in Dubai that were pure fiction.