The Fake Hedgie Who's Conning New York Fashionistas

In a famous scene from American Psycho, pathological investment banker Patrick Bateman shows off his new business card only to be trumped by a colleague's with gorgeously understated typography, raised letters and perfectly off-white stock. The book, made into a movie with Christian Bale, is a bible for psychopathic Wall Streeters. But Prescott Hahn—the fashionista-chasing self-styled hedge fund manager photographed by the New York Post at a douche-dating event—wasn't paying sufficiently close enough attention. We've obtained a copy of the business card he was handing out at this month's Fashion Meets Finance mixer: it exposes him as a conman, and an incompetent one at that! More »

Is Hedge Fund Dater a Phony?

Regarding "Prescott Hahn," the "hedge fund manager" ID'd by the Post at the Fashion Meets Finance douche-dating event in a pink shirt—we're not buying that he's managing any hedges. The website for the company he claims to be the "owner" of, Kensington Square Capital Management, is one big 404 error. (We also couldn't find record for it—no Bloomberg profile, no website, not on any list of financial advisory firms.) Update: We hear from a school chum that he's merely a one Tom S., intern, Columbia '10!