# Convicted felon who posed as Escobar’s son linked to prominent Illinois women

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/top-female-judge-aide-to-billionaire-governor-and-white-sox-businesswoman-all-fell-for-same-bad-boy-who-claimed-to-be-relation-of-drug-lord-pablo-escobar/
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:09:52+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T17:22:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16252459/jawad-fakroune-pablo-escobar-fraud-judge-aide-chicago-illinois.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Fakroune posed as Pablo Escobar’s son.
- Several prominent Illinois women said they were victims.
- He was sentenced to six and a half years in prison.

## Summary

Jawad Fakroune, a convicted felon who falsely claimed to be Pablo Escobar’s son, had relationships with several prominent Illinois women, including a judge, a former aide to Governor JB Pritzker and a White Sox executive. The women have described themselves as victims, but the article does not establish what each experienced or allege that they committed wrongdoing.

Fakroune, 46, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for extortion and assault. Federal authorities said he obtained $2.45 million in a scheme promising an unnamed NBA player returns from cannabis and shipping investments, and spent money on property, a Cadillac and watches. The FBI also said he obtained $168,000 from Lisa Duarte through a gold investment scheme; Duarte is not accused of wrongdoing.

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