How to be a Con Man 101

When we published our feature about con man Brent Barber in 2003, one of his victims, Sue Cooper, said she expected to see Barber’s face on Dateline someday. That hasn’t happened yet, but it’s not for lack of trying.

Sentenced in October 2006 to 12 years in prison for a massive mortgage fraud operation that hit more than 80 people, Barber has become a sought-after interview on the national media scene following a January article in USA Today. The story, by reporter Noelle Knox, depicts a guy who’s pretty full of himself for someone spending 12 years in a federal penitentiary in Arkansas.