On June 18, the Titan submersible lost contact with its mother ship, the Polar Prince on its way to tour the Titanic shipwreck.  Four days later, on June 22, the U.S. Coast Guard began finding pieces of the submersible floating near the Titanic, and they knew that all passengers had died. Was this a mere unavoidable accident or the work of a new kind of con artist?

OceanGate was the exploration company behind the failed trip, and its CEO, Stockton Rush, was aboard the submersible when it imploded.  Four passengers, each of whom had paid $250,000 for their tickets, also died instantaneously during the implosion.  

You might be thinking, so what?  I'm never going to be able to blow $250,000 on something like that, so why should I pay attention?

Here's why you should pay attention to the Titan implosion.

I think it's worth our attention because Stockton Rush represents a new kind of tech-savvy con artist that we should all have on our radar.  Let's look at the background of OceanGate and the Titan submersible and see if this disaster is part of a broader pattern.