What seems sketchy to you is just anxiety to me. I get flustered when this stuff comes up because there is just no good way to respond.
I never served a day in prison, I never scammed anyone, in fact I never got accused of scamming anyone in the courts. The accusation was that I bought stolen merchandise in a pattern that met the criteria for racketeering.
The scamming accusations are a form of telephone and its frustrating, it makes my blood pressure rise, and frankly I get upset because its hard to live down.
I live in a deeply red state where police and prosecution have total control over the courts, I thankfully took it to higher courts and got a better resolution. When I post my side of the story it gets downvoted.
Its a rock and a hard place. I respond and people downvote me and demand more, I don't respond and I'm sketchy.