A Moroccan national who posed as a relative of late drug lord Pablo Escobar and rubbed shoulders with Chicago’s rich and famous is accused of bilking an investor out of millions after falsely promising to spend the money on a marijuana grow operation and a shipping container business.

Jawad Fakroune used the investment to buy a sprawling estate in Lemont, rent an apartment in New York for himself and purchase a Cadillac Escalade and luxury watches for others, according to an indictment recently returned in federal court here.

Fakroune, 45, entered the United States in 2001 through a “diversity visa program” and became a lawful permanent resident, according to federal authorities.

He was convicted in New York of identity theft, bribery of a public official and other crimes under the alia

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