Gringoes.com: Rio con-artist sought by police

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Brazilian Hostel Con-Artist / Thief - Leopoldo Ribeiro Neto

Name:  Leopoldo Ribeiro Neto

Aliases: Karin Latiff,

             Karim Latrache

Leopoldo Ribeiro Neto is currently scamming hostel guests in Brazil.  On
 20 December, 2010 he left Stone of a Beach Hostel in Rio de Janeiro, 
with $1000's of guests money and personal belongings. 

After reporting this to the police, it was discovered that he is also 
wanted by the authorities in Brasilia for armed robbery, and is 
currently on the run, staying in hostels and scamming hostel guests in 
Brazil.  In addition to the hostel in Rio, he has scammed guests in a 
hostel in Buzios in November.  He has stolen $1000s of dollars from 
guests and at least 1 camera and 1 iphone. 

Leopoldo Ribeiro Neto

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-He is extremely enthusiastic, generous and outgoing. 
 He buys lots of drinks, food and shares his sheesha pipe and brags 
about his enormous wealth (he claims his father works at the embassy, 
and is rich from 'oil money'.  He also claims to be studying to be a 
surgeon.),  in order to gain peoples trust.

-Leopoldo Ribeiro Neto claims to be Egyptian or from Dubai, but he actually has Brazilian citizenship. 

-He speaks Portuguese, Arabic, Italian, Spanish, and English. 

-He offers to buy people airline tickets through 'government rates' from
 the embassy.  He then takes cash and gives a fake confirmation code. 
 Before he leaves the hostel he tells people he has problems at his bank
 and reached his daily limit, and asks to borrow money.