Troy Stratos lived a life of glamour few people could imagine.
The former Fair Oaks resident and Sacramento Country Day School alumnus had millions in his bank account and carried a European-style bag filled with $100 bills to tip valets and doormen, according to former friends.
He regularly took private jets to gambling jaunts in Las Vegas, lived in condos inside Ritz-Carltons in Boston and Los Angeles, and mused about buying the Sacramento Kings or the Golden State Warriors with cash.
One Christmas, he threw a holiday party that featured a rented snow leopard and the same Santa Claus the Roseville Galleria used, and handed out TVs and video game consoles as gifts.
Even federal prosecutors concede Stratos is exceptionally talented at wha…
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