From the article,

Each of the four was experiencing some sort of personal crisis when they met Downey. He convinced them to become “100 percenters,” meaning they’d give him all their earnings in exchange for food and accommodation, as well as a stake in the business “empire” Downey told them he was building.

“Those promises did not come to fruition, and all four women, who were financially and emotionally vulnerable at the time of recruitment, left the arrangement more destitute than when they arrived,” Somji said.

100 percenters sounds kind-of cool ngl. Scum behavior on display though, I hate how much more prominent stories like this are becoming. Fuck, even one of my own relatives did this and dragged their own vulnerable kin into this life.

I hope all scum become conscious of all the evil they do and live a long guilt-filled life.