We are too small of a company to have that happen....

However professionally I did work on a project with an actual conman. We were doing IT support for the investors. We were not brought in until after they already made a ~$50M investment.... but got front row seats to seeing that whole thing unravel.

It is surprising when you meet a real conman (ie. a pathological liar), normal humans actually disbelieve a person would lie as much / often as they do....so the conman get lots and lots of rope to continue their scam, simply because its initially "too big of a lie" for the victims to believe.

That experience was insightful especially for seeing Craig Wright operate. The conman I had met did all the same things as Craig....extraordinary claims, constant changing stories, playing the victim, highly convoluted explanations for otherwise simple queries, and moreover an unshakable aggressiveness and confidence when confronted on their lies.