Georgia Inmate Somehow Steals $11 Million From Elderly Billionaire While Serving Time in Supermax: Now, He’ll Serve 11 More Years 

Using contraband phones inside his single-man cell, Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. somehow managed to pose as Sidney Kimmel – a fashion mogul and movie producer whose credits include ‘The Kite Runner’ – who has a net worth of $1.5 billion.

Georgia Department of Corrections
Georgia Inmate Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. has had his sentenced increased after he stole millions from an elderly billionaire from behind bars. Georgia Department of Corrections

Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. is not your average criminal. In fact, he’s believed to have executed the largest theft ever undertaken from inside a state prison – a crime which he’s paying for now.

“If you had put the intelligence you have to legal and positive things, you would have been very successful in life.” 

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