Popular South Florida influencer Scott Lee Huss seems like a shining example of why Miami might never shed its rep as the con artist capital of the world.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Thursday, a federal judge sentenced Huss, 28 — who portrays himself on social media as an artist, musician, visionary, and entrepreneur — to 27 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Huss’ white-collar crime spree began when he lied on an application for $609,000 in COVID relief funding and ended with him impersonating a foreign diplomat and kiting bogus checks to pay for a Lamborghini Urus.
“Pandemic relief programs were designed to help struggling businesses and families — not to fund luxury lifestyles,” U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones said in a statement. “Those who exploited these programs for their personal gain stole from the American people.”…