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The World’s Best Bounty Hunter: How Michelle Gomez Finds People Who Vanish
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The Ex-FBI Agent Who Fell for the Scammer
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The most unexpected figure in the Alex Janous saga is Teletta Copeland, an ex-FBI agent who reached out to Michelle claiming to need help locating scam victims connected to Janous. Michelle was puzzled by the request — Copeland had FBI training and OSINT expertise, so why did she need Michelle's help? Her instincts told her to be careful [1] — Michelle Gomez "An ex-FBI agent named Teletta Copeland fell in love with Alex Janous and then worked to sabotage Michelle's investigation, including creati…" 1:01:20 . Eventually, she understood: Copeland was romantically involved with Janous and was trying to monitor how close Michelle was getting to him. One night at 10:45pm, a drunk Copeland called Michelle and gave herself away — expressing admiration for Michelle's work while revealing the depth of her emotional entanglement with the scammer. Michelle tried to use the moment to persuade Copeland to cooperate and help bring Janous down. Copeland refused. She later created a website called 'michellefraud.com' to damage Michelle's reputation, which temporarily disrupted a high-profile opportunity in New York. Copeland then scrubbed the internet of negative references to Janous. She died on April 25th of alcohol poisoning.
Teletta Copeland, an ex-FBI agent who fell in love with scammer Alex Janous, died of alcohol poisoning on April 25th, having been emotionally destroyed by the relationship and its fallout.
Alex Georges Janous, the fake 'Prince of Dubai' who scammed multiple victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, received a 25-year prison sentence at Three Rivers federal facility.
