Her clients gave Fulford complete control of their finances to allow her to spend and invest money on their behalf.
She would then typically set up two bank accounts, a joint account for living expenses and a separate bank account for investment, which she alone controlled.
Much of the money from the investment account would be diverted to her via a web of shell companies.
She also looted money from the joint account to fund her lifestyle, often more lavish than that of her clients.
The amounts she stole included:
NBA guard Travis Best: $1.40 million
NFL running back Ricky Williams: $3.01 million
NBA forward Dennis Rodman: $1.24 million
NFL running back Lex Hilliard: $132,123
What happened next?
Fulford blamed shortfalls in her clients' accounts on administrative errors or even on their own spending habits.
But over time, the shortfalls got bigger.
Clients ended up ensuring payments and not paying tax.
They were sued for child support and Rodman even had his electricity cut off because his bill wasn't paid.
The show American Greed looked at the scam and it was revealed Rodman's $5 million life insurance was about to lapse because the payments weren't being made.
His assistant, AJ Bright told the show: "She was the master of 'the check is in the mail,'"
Football player Ricky Williams and his then-wife Kristin Barnes were also dragged into the mess.
The couple were hit with a tax bill of $377,000, which accused them of taking false deductions.
It became clear Fulford had lied about her degree from Harvard and that she was constantly wiring money between different clients' accounts and her own.
Another NFL star, Lex Hilliard, was ripped off.
It was a transaction involving Hilliard that led the FBI to know they had Fulford, according to agent Jim Hawkins on "American Greed."
Rodman was close friends with Fulford and took a lot of convincing she had stolen millions from him.
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Arrest and jail
Fulford was arrested in 2016, as it was revealed she was in the process of ripping off a local doctor.
A check for $197,000 was found in Fulford's home, having convinced the doctor to invest in areal estate scheme that didn't ever exist.
After making a deal, Fulford admitted one count of interstate transportation of stolen property .
She was released on bond, and managed to con another man into investing $25,000 in a medical business.
The man was rather surprised when he Googled her name and saw her mugshot.
Fulford was jailed for 10 years and ordered to pay back millions to her victim.
At least $5.8m was stolen from Fulford's clients' accounts, though only a few of her victims pressed charges as there was little chance of any money being recovered.
