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

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…