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  • 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z on CuriosityStream
  • 53m
  • 5h 15m (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Crime, Documentary
Unearths the human truths behind some of the most extraordinary cases in con artistry.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x01 Matthew Cox

Series Premiere

1x01 Matthew Cox

  • 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z52m

Matthew Cox is a former mortgage broker from Florida who found himself on the Secret Service's most wanted list. He made millions falsifying home ownership and mortgage documents for five times the properties' actual worth.

2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x02 Christophe Rocancourt

1x02 Christophe Rocancourt

  • 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z53m

Christophe Rocancourt is a French impostor and con artist who scammed rich and powerful people by masquerading in turn as a French nobleman the heir to the Rockefeller family or as a Russian prince.

2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x03 Jan Lewan

1x03 Jan Lewan

  • 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z53m

Jan Lewan is the polka sensation from Pennsylvania who fleeced millions of investors with his classic Ponzi scheme. His name shot to fame when Netflix produced the movie Polka King with actor Jack Black playing Jan Lewan.

2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x04 Frédéric Bourdin

1x04 Frédéric Bourdin

  • 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z53m

Nicknamed "The Chameleon" Frédéric Bourdin is a former French serial imposter who claims to have faked at least five hundred false identities including a young Texas boy who went missing in the mid-90's.

2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x05 Shaun Greenhalgh

1x05 Shaun Greenhalgh

  • 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z52m

Shaun Greenhalgh is a British artist and art forger. Between 1989 and 2006 he produced a number of forgeries including Roman and Chinese art objects medieval Christian relics and 19th century paintings that fooled some of the world's most respected art institutions.

Season Finale

2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

1x06 Helmut Kiener

Season Finale

1x06 Helmut Kiener

  • 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z52m

Dubbed the “Mini Madoff” Kiener is one of Germany’s greatest con artists tricking thousands of private investors and banks including Barclays and JP Morgan to the tune of more than $300 million.

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