Miami's Phony 'Sultan' To Be Profiled On CNBC's 'American Greed'

MIAMI BEACH, FL — Hall of fame sportscaster Lesley Visser recalled her encounters with a Miami man who passed himself off as a Saudi sultan for years and lived an over-the-top lifestyle as he bilked some $8 million from dozens of unsuspecting investors from the United States.

"He would dress in the flowing linen, always looked like the latest," Visser says in the upcoming season premiere of CNBC's "American Greed" that is scheduled to air at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time on Monday.

"He wore the latest Gucci fur slippers which I had to go home and Google," she said. "I mean I had never seen anything like that."

Anthony Gignac was sentenced in May to more than 18 years in a not-so-palatial federal penitentiary.

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Federal prosecutors said he drove around in a Ferrari with fake diplomatic license plates and claimed ownership of an exclusive Fisher Island home that bore a "Sultan" nameplate while introducing himself as Khaled Al-Saud, Khalid Al-Saud, Khalid Bin Al-Saud, Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Saud and Sultan Bin Khalid Al Saud.

"I remember once my husband, Bob, asked him which one of the king's wives was his mother and he said 'ha, ha the good one,'" Visser recalled. "You just didn't doubt him. He talked the part. He dressed the part. He drove the part."

Watch a preview of CNBC's upcoming edition of "American Greed" below: