The Fashion Photographer Who Duped Drug Lords and the DEA –Businessweek

[T]his fabulous life was actually a cover. Although none of his four daughters or his fashion friends knew it, Vega was a freelance spy working for the U.S. government. He’d insinuated himself into the social circles of Colombia’s cocaine kingpins. And even as he provided information to the U.S., Vega was also running a con. Between photo shoots, he’d talked some of the world’s most dangerous drug traffickers—including a former gunman for Pablo Escobar—into agreeing to pay him more than $100 million.

Bloomberg Businessweek has published the crazy story of fashion photographer Baruch Vega, who lived secret lives and managed to scam both Colombian drug lords and the US government.