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>> announcer: from new york city, this is "nightline" with cynthia mcfadden. >> good evening. you can't talk your way out of this one. that's what a federal judge in chicago told the silvertoned former infomercial king kevin trudeau before ordering him off to jail. it's not trudeau's first time behind bars. this ruling follows a long game of cat-and-mouse between him and the u.s. government after determining he misled customers the courts ordered him to pay back $37 million in restitution. but trudeau claims he doesn't have any assets and cannot pay. so last month a federal judge appointed a receiver to

investigate his spending. and when he used an australian bank account to pay for, basing human need like cigars, liquor and $180 haircuts the judge wanted answers as did my "nightline" co-anchor bill weir when he found trudeau living large in switzerland a few months ago for our series ""nightline" on the lookout." >> i want you to welcome the person that is responsible for bringing us all together. >> reporter: six months ago we went on the lookout for an ex-con who sells hope. >> kevin trudeau! >> reporter: and the people who love him. >> are you excited? say yes? >> get on the phones, get mega memory. >> reporter: they believe in him despite decade of incredible claims. >> a facelift in a bottle. >> reporter: government warnings he cannot be trusted. >> effortlessly. >> reporter: they trusted. though a federal judge decided

he bam boozeled so many people into buying his weight loss book he should pay back $37 million. when he says he hold secrets, to wealth, happiness, long guarded by the world's elite 1%, they give their hearts and mind and hard-earned dollars. how much have you spent? >> $10,000. >> maybe $20,000. >> a lot. >> reporter: here is the interesting part. while teaching people how to get rich, kevin trudeau says he is broke. >> i gave away everything i own. >> reporter: authorities say that's -- that is a charade. earlier this summer, the hammer came down on this self-help empire. but we're getting ahead of ourselves. before we get to the latest developments, let's start at the beginning of the search for man and money. a wintry day in chicago. the place called gold coast

bentley. while claiming to be on the brink of bankruptcy, mr. trudeau drove this very car last year. oh. a $230,000 continental flying spur. we rented this rolling hunk of luxury as a little surprise for the mystery guest. we are about to pick up at o'hare airport. >> how are you? >> how are you doing? >> i'm abe. >> nice to meet you. >> this is abe husein, smitten with the trudeau sales pitch he spent thousand. then he says he stopped believing in kevin trudeau. abe was working at a restaurant in kansas city when heap bought trudeau's self help cds with an offer to join something, global information network, or g.i.n. >> 30 billionaires and royalty across the world formed g.i.n. >> reporter: yes, you heard right.

trudeau says the club was formed by a secret council of 30 billionaires, royals and world leaders, and mysterious group willing to sell secrets of success to who ever will pay $1,000 down and $150 a month. >> this group of people include several members of major royal families, skull and bones, trilateral commission. >> reporter: of the 30 supposed masters of the universe only one name has been revealed, yep, it's kevin trudeau. >> reporter: did you ever wonder who these mysterious members of the g.i.n. council were? and the anonymity of the council allowed abe's imagination to run wild. >> i was thinking will smith. maybe arnold schwarzenegger was. i thought maybe they're the g.i.n. council. ron paul for sure was. >> reporter: while entry to the so-called inner circle cost $75,000, abe joined g.i.n. at a much lower level.

after about a year he says he became disenchanted and quit. >> want to go by the g.i.n. office. rancher >> reporter: perfect day. >> humble office for council of secret billionaires. definitely. it is locked. sitting right there. sure they can hear me. you know who else is interested in what happened inside this building -- the guys in this building. in washington, d.c. you run the enforcement division of the ftc. do you get to carry a gun? >> i do not. >> knife? >> i don't get to. i don't have to carry a gun or knife. >> reporter: karate, mace? >> i have none of the skills. i'm good sitting on the couch at night and watching tv though. >> reporter: watching the late night tv in the 90s they discovered a fresh-faced man with a demeanor so likeable you would never guess he served two years in prison for fraud. when they saw him hocking

baldness cures and miracle pain tape. >> this to me is a miraculous break through. >> reporter: cancer prevention pills, they sued him twice. without admitting guilt, trudeau paid $2.5 million and not to lie about his product. then he became a best-selling author. wrote the diet book, and recommend enemas, injection and near starvation 500 calories a day. when he went on tv and said all that was easy. >> the fastest, easiest most effective way to lose weight period. >> reporter: the ftc pounced. a federal judge ruled trudeau's ad misled thousand of customers and ordered him to pay back $37.6 million. >> he claims he is insolvent. he can't pay. do you believe he is hiding his money? >> the evidence demonstrates that's what he is doing.

>> reporter: for the next stop we asked abe to swing the bentley by one of trudeau's alleged residences, a kcozy mansion. the ftc says he lived here with two chefs and a butler all while claiming to have barely a ben knee to his name. >> so, you are not at your office. you are not at the house. where should we look next? >> reporter: ah, zurich. now this is a place where people really know how to live. >> to the right. >> reporter: okay, swiss miss. will do the how can a poor soul like trudeau live in one of the five richest cities in the word. maybe they have a shelter. wouldn't you know it. on the banks of lake zisurich, stand a prewar apartment

building with a familiar resident. ♪ you got to wonder how can i guy seemingly thumb his nose at a $37 million judgment, live this large, and get away with it in this long? here is a possible clue. some one else was sharing his credit card account. some one who enjoyed shopping at chanel, christian dior, and aging provocateur, a young pretty ukrainian, natalia bubonka. it's this way. excues me, are you kevin trudeau? >> yes, i am. >> i can't believe it. i watch you on tv all the time. >> i'm bill well. ir, from abc news. you look dapper, what are you doing here? >> i live here. i'm really not interested in talk with ambush reporters. >> reporter: i got a couple questions. this is ambush journalism.

then begins to make the case he has no control over g.i.n. >> i am just a member of this club. >> reporter: as for abe back in kansas city. kevin dismisses him as a whiner who broke club rules. >> some people have the wrong idea, and quit. >> reporter: you told the ftc you are broke. >> i don't have any assets. correct. >> reporter: you don't have any assets as your ring blind me. he says that big mansion back in chicago was corporate housing. the bentley, a corporate car. and nearly $2 million in credit card charges the last couple years, business expenses. mainly paid for by companies owned by the ukrainian lingerie shopper, natalia bubanko. the twist. she goes by another name, mrs. kevin trudeau.

>> reporter: how would you characterize your wife's involvement in the companies? >> that's her business. that's really not part of this interview. >> does she run day-to-day. >> we are private companies. that has nothing to do with the interview. >> why don't you talk about your wife? >> please leave the family out. >> reporter: are you using g.i.n. as a personal piggy bank to live a lavish lifestyle and avoid paying the judgment. >> that is a legitimate question. even if i was, what's the point. i'm screwed. i can't own anything for the rest of my life. so i am not going to start a company and put it in my own name. it would be dumb. i can go to friend. relatives, neighbors whatever. you start a company. i will help you out. and there is nothing wrong with that. there is nothing illegal about it. guess what it ain't my asset. >> reporter: that argument might put you in jail? >> we'll see. i have an insane, ridiculous $37 million judgment against me.

i wrote a book and send the diet was easy. bill, i didn't have $37 million hidden some place. if they can find $37 million. pop the champagne. good luck. >> reporter: three months after that interview. a federal judge ruled the global information network and all of natalia's supposed companies were controlled by kevin all along. last month, the court apointed receiver was put in charge of the whole empire, froze all assets. and could soon begin liquidation. as for kevin, until he convinces the judge he is being candid and truthful, he will spend his nights in a chicago jail. a long way from that zurich lifestyle. it will be tough. maybe he can find the strength with a little self-help. >> thanks to bill for that report. a final note. in court today, u.s. marshals waited some what impatiently as the former millionaire removed

his belt, cuff links and the laces of his wing-tipped shoes before taking him into custody. the court convenes tomorrow for another hearing in the ongoing case of kevin trudeau. so, have you ever bought anything from the infomercial king? tweet us at "nightline." next up, were there warning signs about the declining mental health of the navy yard shooter? ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away

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schools closed, the senate in lockdown, and at the u.s. navy yard, a san cene of carnag. monday morning's massacre brought washington to a stand still leaving 13 dead and shooter aaron alexis. awe learn more about the gunman. new question as rose -- were there indications that the 34-year-old might go on such a rampage. now for the first time his family speaks. abc's pierre thomas has the story. >> reporter: three days after the horrific shooting at the washington navy yard, it is a muddy picture emerging of the latest face of terror. aaron alexis. his mother who asked not to be shown had no answers. >> i don't know why he did what he did. i will never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a placer who he can no longer do harm to any one and for that i am glad. to the families of the victim thousands, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken.

>> reporter: for profilers hearing recollections from those who knew him it is an all too familiar story. >> we heard him described as being a sweet guy. >> just wasn't the aaron that i knew that would do this. >> then you heard other people describe him as being fairly aggressive. that to me suggests someone who is unpredictable. >> reporter: this is a remington 870 pump-action shotgun like the one used monday that left an horrific scene of carnage in less than half an hour. abc news has learned that alexis carved the words, better off this way, in my elf weapon on the stock of his shotgun. the fbi is sxam mexamining the s meaning better off this way, alexis knew he would die in the rampage. as for e.l.f., they haven't figured what it means, some wonder if it is extremely low

frequency. they're curious because of his background as computer technician and the bizarre story alexis told police last month about hearing voices and microwave machines bombarding his body. >> these are very high profile mass homicide. and each one of them eventually it surfaces there are mental health issues. >> reporter: this in rhode island alerted new port naval station police, the navy confirmed today the information was never passed up the schaen of command. alexis kept his job as civilian contractor with the navy holding a secret security clearance. >> obviously there were a lot of red flags as you noted. why they didn't get picked up. why they didn't get incorporated into the clear ans proceance pr he was doing those are questions we'll be dealing with. >> reporter: after hearing the voices, alexis went to va hospital complaining of insomnia. officials gave him sleeping medication. when asked if he had thoughts of

hurting himself or any one else he said no. a dozen blocks away on capitol hill, the relatives of victim from previous mass shootings were once again pleading for new gun legislation. >> i don't want another family to go flew whthrough what i am through right now. you know, i don't want another 15-year-old to be having to pick out his sister's casket. i don't want that to happen. >> we will not give up. we will not go away. we are here forever. >> reporter: tomorrow, four days after the shootings, the naval yard will reopen. back to business. but the pain of the families of the dead and wounded remain fresh and once again, question as but how another killer schlepped through t slipped through the cracks for. "nightline," i'm any pierre thomas in washington. >> we will of course continue to cover the story. we'll be right back with tonight's "feed frenzy." an antidepressant alone only helps so much

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