Swedish conman ‘El Silencio’ learns fate for duping Pablo Escobar fans with fake flamethrowers

Source: New York Post

Girls, flamethrowers and Pablo Escobar. That’s the dream Swedish conman Olof Kyros Gustafsson sold to fans looking for a piece of the infamous Colombian drug lord as head of a company that owned his persona and legacy. 8 The fraudster known as “El Silencio” failed to deliver the wild Escobar-branded merchandise he marketed.