John Ruffo lost track in 1998. Convicted of a millionaire fruit he was spotted at a baseball game
November 9, 1998, John Ruffo is seen withdrawing money at an ATM in New York. He hangs a sentence of 17 and a half years for a bank fraud of about 3,520 million, but has since disappeared.
A long fugitive with the American police has always worked to try to put an end, especially the agents of the United States Marshals Service (USMS), the largest body in the United States.
The FBI later revealed this year that Ruffo, who believed he was protected in Sicily by a cohabitation network created with the scammed money, on August 5, 2016 he was in Los Angeles.
The Italian-American fugitive was at the stadium enjoying a Dodgers baseball game. He was sitting not far from the batsman and when the director had framed the batsman, he had also filmed that man sitting in row EE chair 10.
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Was that man at the stadium he? The ABC News has always been attentive to this case and has made a documentary called Have you seen this man? which also has the purpose of spreading his story, making the face of that person known in the hope that it can be recognized.
Ruffo was a small investor who worked in the IT world. With a partner he managed to outwit many banks, getting loans for projects that never existed.
When he was discovered, the Manhattan Courthouse agreed to him, however five weeks of probation before going to jail. The last day was that November 9th when he took off his electronic bracelet and made that withdrawal.
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It was thought that it was in Sicily, then the frame at the 2016 match changed his mind but it is not excluded that he spent over time in Italy.
The spectator’s trace was fortuitous. It was his cousin of the wanted man, a Brooklyn man, who recognized him on television. He took a picture of the screen and called the police.
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After time, thanks to the most innovative facial recognition techniques, the FBI confirmed that the man at the stadium is Ruffo, placing it in the list of the 15 most sought after. Today he is 67 and America still hunts him.
