Inside the Mind of a Con Artist

Season 12022

Unearths the human truths behind some of the most extraordinary cases in con artistry.

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6 Episodes

    E01 Matthew Cox

    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.

    February 16, 2022

    E02 Christophe Rocancourt

    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.

    February 16, 2022

    E03 Jan Lewan

    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.

    February 16, 2022

    E04 Frédéric Bourdin

    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.

    February 16, 2022

    E05 Shaun Greenhalgh

    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.

    February 16, 2022

    E06 Helmut Kiener

    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.

    February 16, 2022
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