Imposter Scams Women Out of Money

Stephan Pittman (33) is charged with first degree fraud, for impersonating a football star, Vince Young.  He told people that he played for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Pittman is a registered sex offender.

He conned at least one Washington, D.C. woman into giving him$2500 dollars.  He told her the money goes to buying things like hoola hoops and bikes for D.C. kids.  Young's real agent spotted Pittman doing this at charity events and exposed him. 

Vince Young is thrilled about the arrest.  The men are the same height and weight. 

The lesson to be learned might be, even the stars can be victims.

But consumers, especially, need to beware of con artists.  Pittman's neighbors were shocked.  He apparently conned them, too.

Porchlight Counseling Services

Porchlight Counseling Services is one of the better kept secrets in Evanston, Illinois, a social service agency for college students who have suffered sexual assault.

The mission? Turn victims into survivors.

 

WGN-TV is airing the story at 9 p.m.

Sept. 7.

 

The agency is tucked in a little house in a bucolic suburb.  You would never know there is healing and wholeness going on inside.

Tonight WGN will interview Anne Bent,  founder and board president, an inspiration to all who know her.  Anne has been working for years for the successful fruition of this project.

The story also features Amy, a Porchlight client assaulted after being drugged (fairly standard) in college.  Her story is powerful.

Watch the video below for more on Porchlight, or visit their website.



For more about Porchlight Counseling Services, click here.