Allen Todd May, 58, was nabbed by police Monday at his Fort Lauderdale home, where US Marshals noted he was wearing a Rolex watch and driving a $125,000 Mercedes Benz.
The arrest came after an anonymous tip that May had taken up a new persona — Jacob Turner, a wealthy man who frequented the West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale area.
May even attended a fancy fundraiser for the Palm Beach Society in June, where he was pictured schmoozing with prominent locals and featured on the Palm Beach Daily News site.
The photo of May enjoying the limelight, however, appeared to be his undoing — a tipster noticed it and informed police on June 25.
“Very flashy. He was flaunting his wealth,” Katrina Crouse, chief deputy US Marshal for Colorado, told Fox31.
“Whether he obtained that wealth legitimately or not is another question. But he was very good at flaunting his wealth while still trying to remain hidden.”
May escaped the Englewood Federal Correctional Institution on Dec. 21, 2018, nine years short of his 20-year prison sentence for securities fraud — stealing $6.8 million through a Ponzi scheme.
Officials said the conman swiped a Bureau of Prisons truck and drove out of the facility without arousing suspicion.
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