1704: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 1

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Saint Jovite Youngblood posed as a Delta Force agent to swindle the families of his son’s hockey team. Today's episode revolves around two victims: Eric Perardi, an Austin-based real estate developer, and Rebecca Kumar, a hockey mom, whose lives were turned upside down by Youngblood’s elaborate scams. Their experiences may sound like something out of a crime thriller, but they show the danger of falling prey to a master manipulator. Listen to part 2 now: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pretendradio PRETEND+ on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/pretend/id6443456985 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Battle.
0:04.0	I thought he was
0:11.0	I thought he was a federal agent basically said your life is in danger there's been a
0:16.7	hit taken out on you by the drug cartels and your son's life is in danger that they plan on potentially kidnapping him.
0:25.5	The Delta Force agent told Eric Parardi that in order for this to go away, he has to pay the ransom
0:31.9	or else. They're going to kill you.
0:34.0	The federal agent went by the name of Saint Jovit Youngblood.
0:38.0	I'm thinking, why would he come and say this to me if it's not true? The better question is, why would these drug lords
0:46.3	want anything to do with Eric Parardi? After all, Eric Parardi has never once had a run-in with the Mexican cartel.
0:55.1	He's just an Austin, Texas real estate developer.
0:58.6	The answer is that St. Jovit Youngblood was just a con man, working an elaborate ruse to try to steal Eric Pararti's money.
1:07.5	He asked me for $70,000. He's like, look, I'm going to hire these guys to protect your child, protect you.
1:15.5	I'm going to have this money back to you in a couple weeks.
1:17.9	But you got to trust me.
1:19.3	And it's like today, it has to happen, because you're in danger. The last thing he says to me as he
1:25.1	walks out the door is I was like are you sure he goes if I'm not a hundred
1:31.3	percent then your son's dead are you willing to take that chance?
1:35.0	This interview with Eric Pararty is from the Austin American statesman newspaper out of Texas.
1:41.0	People are going to listen to this and say it's crazy, but you're in the middle of this, the phone
1:45.1	calls are coming every day.
1:47.2	They're every day you're in danger.
1:49.1	They're calling you at midnight.
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