Albert Johnson Walker was born in Ontario, Canada. Although he was a high school drop-out, he found his calling in a trust company, where he learned all the tricks and became a freelance bookkeeper. Later, Walker founded a company named “Walker Financial Services Incorporated” (via True Activist). According to The Infographics Show, the firm was successful, and he opened six branches and had 30 employees. Walker was also a respected man in his hometown. He was happily married, had three children, was a Sunday school teacher, and always attended church. The image of a successful businessman and pillar of the community helped Walker to deceive 70 clients and steal $3.2 million. However, he was likely aware he was running out of time.

Walker sent money to the Cayman Islands and re-mortgaged his house for $44,000. In 1990, he allegedly said that he was going skiing in Europe with his 15-year-old daughter Sheena, but never returned. The strangest part is that he would introduce his daughter as his wife. Sheena had two girls, but the paternity of the children remains unknown. “My father suggested that because there was a small child, we should present ourselves as a couple,” she said during Walker’s trial (via The Globe and Mail).

Walker was always one step ahead, and the police only charged him in 1993 (via Murderpedia). The criminal moved to London, where he said his name was David Davis.