A Vancouver con man's guilty plea is set to punctuate a shadowy tale of fraud, deceit, and millions in illicit earnings. Steve M. Bajic, at 53 years old, is prepped to admit his part in a sneaky pump-and-dump scheme involving microcap stocks—the kind of penny shares that can make or break fortunes in the blink of an eye, authorities from the U.S. Attorney's Office revealed in an announcement reported by the Department of Justice.