Felon who posed as Pablo Escobar's son admits bilking pro basketball player and others out of millions

He was Pablo Escobar’s pretend son. But the millions he stole from investors were very real. Jawad Fakroune, a Chicago businessman, was already serving a federal sentence of six and a half years for terrorizing a restaurant owner. Now he has agreed to plead guilty to a fraud scheme that fleeced investors of millions while he dodged federal and Illinois taxes. Fakroune admitted bilking at least $5.7 million from more than a dozen people, including an unnamed professional basketball player who…