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Zachary Coleman shows his support for Obama — with a bounced check

Posted by Pete Kotz on Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:28 AM

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Zachary Coleman discovers the difficulty of playing the rich man when you have to steal your money from one unsuspecting woman at a time.
Last week, we introduced you to Zachary Coleman, an accomplished con man who hobnobbed his way into the good graces of Cleveland’s arts world. In his role as arts patron and supporter of Democratic causes, he played his cards well. Sure, he was a convicted felon with a lengthy rap sheet for financial fraud, but that didn’t stop him from attending political fundraisers and rubbing shoulders with Cleveland’s elite. He was a particularly ardent supporter of Barack Obama, a man whose humble beginnings and subsequent rise to the upper echelons mirrored the story Coleman liked to tell about himself. But it wasn’t exactly true… Obama went to Harvard Law School and serves in the U.S. Senate. Coleman lived off other people’s credit cards, and spent much of his prime years in prison. But that doesn’t sound as good over cocktails at Pickwick & Frolic. So Coleman, ever-generous with his fake riches, donated $500 to Obama’s campaign last year. Sadly, the check bounced a month later. Apparently, the bank wasn’t willing to play along with Coleman’s high-roller act. —Lisa Rab
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Ms. Rab, I have always enjoyed reading Cleveland Scene, but this smut you keep producing about this man is ridiculous. It seems to me, with everything going on in this society and the fact most of Cleveland is suffering from unemployment,poor schools and a city infrastructure that is deteriorating that you would focus on articles that would strengthen the community and not your vendetta against this man. I find your last two articles disgusting and completely sensationalized and written like a tabloid. I don't know if you dated this man and have a vendetta, but give it a rest --will you? I would really enjoy to read something more inspirational and less about your dating life. Thanks Concerned Reader

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Posted by Jess on 05/15/2008 at 4:59 PM

So, don't read it.

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Posted by Mikey on 05/15/2008 at 6:43 PM

As someone who knows Mr. Coleman well, I can vouch for much of what was in the article and much, much more.

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Posted by No name. on 05/22/2008 at 9:48 AM

Coleman finally got his; I'll probably not be able to sleep tonight for laughing about it...

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Posted by rgutzky on 08/16/2010 at 4:20 PM
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