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dale from microsoft declined to be interviewed for this story but people that know him describe a good-hearted man with a lot of money to invest. he started off buying a pair of skis from steve heitman. and before you know it, was bankrolling a brand new business, a ski shop called nordic sports haus. >> i saw a million dollar plus check written to open one of the stores. >> this man was an early employ of nordic sports haus, the store steve started with dale's money. >> steve was the one running the stores. dale was basically the money man. i'm throwing as much money at this business to make it work. >> according to employees, steve was happy to help dale throw his money away. >> while my truck was in the shop, steve handed me the keys to a $80,000 porsche said drive this for a couple of days. i mean, the perks were unbelievable. >> the perks and promise of opportunity drew a former colleague as well, that quit his job and came to work at steve heitman's place, even though he had seen heitman lie to customers. >> nobody really trusted him.
heitman applied for a salesman job back in 1998. the store owner found him charming and impressive. >> 20 years in the military, been through all the ranks and traveled all over the world. now that he was going to be getting out of the military, wanted to do something that he liked and enjoyed. >> what he wanted to do is sell skis, and he was a natural. so no one paid much attention to one odd little thing. >> when he came to work for us, he came to us and said, hi, i'm bob heitman. so, fine. he was bob. and interestingly enough, his id that he showed us said that he was steve heitman. >> steve or bob loved to talk about his military background. which at times seemed somewhat flexible. >> at first it was the army. >> at first it was the army. and then i believe it was the rangers and then a navy s.e.a.l. so, you know, i never did figure that one out. >> according to the military discharge papers he showed, his
in seattle, steve heitman opened a chain of ski shops without spending a dime of his own money. he had two microsoft millionaires in the palm of his hand. they even bought into an exotic car dealership. and before long, that business was wallowing in debt, too. and then, one day -- >> we were going to meet and ride motorcycles and calling and calling and calling, nope, nobody answers. >> and what happened to him? >> disappeared. straight up disappeared. >> what did you think? >> i laughed. i just -- i spent -- i spent 15 minutes just -- just laughing. >> but the microsoft guys weren't laughing. because when heitman skipped town they claim, he took more than $1 million with him. and he left them with two businesses founded with their
in seattle, steve heitman without spendi a dime of his own money. he had two microsoft millionaires in the palm of his hand. they even bought into an exotic car dealership. and before long, that business was wallowing in debt, too. and then, one day -- >> we were going to meet and ride motorcycles and calling and calling and calling, nope, nobody answers. >> and what happened to him? >> disappeared. straight up disappeared. >> what did you think? >> i laughed. i just -- i spent -- i spent 15 minutes just -- just laughing. >> but the microsoft guys weren't laughing. because when heitman skipped town they claim, he took more than $1 million with him. and he left them with two businesses founded with their
what they began to hear. this is seattle, a ski shop where a man named heitman applied for a salesman job back in 1998. the owner found him impressive. the store owner found him charming and impressive. >> 20 years in the military, been through all the ranks and traveled all over the world. now that he was going to be getting out of the military, wanted to do something that he liked and enjoyed. >> what he wanted to do is sell skis, and he was a natural. so no one paid much attention to one odd little thing. >> when he came to work for us, he came to us and said, hi, i'm bob heitman. so, fine. he was bob. and interestingly enough, his id that he showed us said that he was steve heitman. >> steve or bob loved to talk about his military background. which at times seemed somewhat flexible. >> at first it was the army. and then i believe it was the rangers. and then it was a navy s.e.a.l. so, you know, i never did figure that one out. >> according to the military discharge papers he showed, his
dale from microsoft declined to be interviewed for this story but people that know him describe a good-hearted man with a lot of money to invest. he started off buying a pair of skis from steve heitman. and before you know it, was bankrolling a brand new business, a ski shop called nordic sports haus. >> i saw a million dollar plus check written to open one of the stores. >> this man was an early employ of nordic sports haus, the store steve started with dale's money. >> steve was the one running the stores. dale was basically the money man. i'm throwing as much money at this business to make it work. >> according to employees, steve was happy to help dale throw his money away. >> while my truck was in the shop, steve handed me the keys to a $80,000 porsche said drive this for a couple of days. i mean, the perks were unbelievable. >> the perks and promise of opportunity drew a former colleague as well, that quit his job and came to work at steve heitman's place, even though he had seen heitman lie to customers. >> nobody really trusted him.
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