Con artist A con artist , or grifter was a person who tricked , or conned , other individuals out of their credits or property by way of lying , cheating or defrauding . Characteristics . Most con artists preferred to make a quick turnaround , choosing their mark , deceiving them and then disappearing with the pilfered credits all within a matter of minutes . Due to their desire to avoid violent confrontations , con artists chose their marks carefully . The rarer , and more dangerous type of con artist performed the long con . These grifters set up extensive and elaborate cover stories to gain their target ' s confidence . These con artists often made off with a much larger fortunes . History . In the year 4000 BBY , the space pirate Quanto attempted to con a young Nomi Sunrider out of her collection of precious pontite crystals . He " accidentally " bumped her , while pickpocketing her at the same time . He was subsequently found out and confronted by Sunrider ' s husband , Andur . Dannl Faytonni and Achk Med - Beq were two experienced Human con artists on Coruscant in the years leading up to and during the Clone Wars . They tended to prefer the lucrative payoffs of the long - con rather than quick turnaround sort . The pair were able to win two Republic Security Force uniforms through their gambling exploits using them to pose as Security Officers . They were selecting marks in the Outlander Club in 22 BBY when Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker apprehended the bounty hunter Zam Wesell . During the Clone Wars , after a plan to scam a dowager out of her money at the Galactic Senate failed , their target decided to call the Senate Guard . The pair were chased by Senate Commandos led by Faro Argyus away from the Senate . Faytonni decided that they would need to leave the planet ' s surface and escape to Coruscant ' s orbit . They took a speeder to a landing platform on which Senator Padmé Amidala ' s J - type star skiff was located . The skiff was being prepared for takeoff by Amidala ' s protocol droid , C - 3PO , and Representative Jar Jar Binks . The told C - 3PO and Binks that they were commandeering the skiff for " government business , " before Faytonni instructed the droid to finish his preparations . Entering the cockpit , C - 3PO prepared to disengage the ship ' s autopilot , before the landing platform , and the ship , were suddenly flipped upside - down due to an error made by Binks in his preparations . The Gungan righted the platform , and Faytonni hurriedly beckoned Med - Beq onto the ship once the droid had exited . Unfortunately the ship was programmed to bring them back to the Senate . Lirin Banolt was a Human conman and thief operating on Tatooine . He posed as an Imperial Procurement Agent to perform his cons . This offense was overlooked by the Empire due to the fact that he was in the employ of Sate Pestage , stealing priceless artifacts for his personal collection . He was executed by agents of Pestage when he became too greedy and attempted to blackmail the Grand Vizier . In 19 ABY , the con artist Flim was hired by Moff Vilim Disra to impersonate Grand Admiral Mitth ' raw ' nuruodo in an attempt to bring several officers within the Imperial Starfleet under his command and ultimately cause a civil war within the New Republic . His charade was discovered and exposed by Gilad Pellaeon , Supreme Commander of the Imperial Remnant .