Direct Participation: Asking loved ones to actively participate in the deceit, such as providing false testimonies, creating fake documents, or covering up the individual’s true circumstances.

Emotional Manipulation: Using emotional leverage to gain compliance, such as appealing to a sense of loyalty, guilt, or obligation.

Misinformation: Feeding false information to loved ones to gain their unknowing assistance, such as hiding the true nature of the individual’s activities and needs.

Financial Entanglement: Involving family and friends in financial transactions or investments that are part of the deceitful scheme, making them complicit without their full understanding.… Read More The Collateral Damage of Deception: Involving Friends and Family in a Double Life