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Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry app or on Apple Podcasts. Sertat's Serta's new neighbors in West Hollywood definitely had no idea he was wanted by the Turkish police.

In 2014, Serhat bought a 1920s bungalow encircled by bushy green hedges. He moved into the

three bedroom house with his new American husband, Anderson. They paid 1.2 million

for it.

The following April, Serhat threw a party.

He opened the house's sky-blue door and festooned the yard with lights.

Among them festooned the yard with lights.

Among those invited was someone had just met from the neighborhood.

This man who asked not to be named

remembers being surprised by the invitation from his charming super fit neighbor.

At the party, Serhat came over and suggested they pose for a photo together.

Around the same time, Serhat reached out to a wealthy Turkish investor.

According to Robert, the Hindenburg researcher,

Serhat told this investor that he had an amazing real estate

opportunity in LA.

He said, give me $930,000. I'm going to buy this house and I'm going to

flip it for you. It was the house of his guest from the party. Serhat had escrow papers, bills of sale,

all in the name of the unsuspecting man had taken a photo with.

The theory from the person I spoke with

is that Serahat could get his fingerprints and could get pictures with this gentleman and it would aid him and being able to steal his identity.

The whole scam seems kind of preposterous, but it worked.

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