Great Pretender(2020)
Makoto Edamura, der vermeintlich größte Schwindler Japans, erlebt eine böse Überraschung, als er versucht, den Weltklassebetrüger Laurent Thierry übers Ohr zu hauen.
Makoto Edamura, der vermeintlich größte Schwindler Japans, erlebt eine böse Überraschung, als er versucht, den Weltklassebetrüger Laurent Thierry übers Ohr zu hauen.
The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people's health in grave danger.
Die Serie handelt von Alice Vaughan, einer Betrugs-Ermittlerin, die von ihrem eigenen Verlobten ebenso betrogen und um ihr Geld gebracht wird. Nebst ihrer Arbeit wird sie so dazu genötigt, Auswirkungen auf ihre Karriere zu verhindern.
Paul T. Goldman's world is turned upside down when he finds out that his wife has been living a secret double life. His efforts to uncover the truth thrust him into a labyrinth of fraud, deception and criminality that transforms him, in his words, "from wimp to warrior." Director Jason Woliner tries to keep the series he thought he was making from going off the rails as Goldman stars in reenactments, changes the script and challenges Woliner's vision.
Louise Evans is a single mother who works as a customer advisor for big bucks investors at a slick, pin-striped bank. On a night out with her best friend Anna she's introduced to Anna's slippery new boyfriend Phillip. Phillip makes Louise an indecent proposal: accept a briefcase full of money in return for helping him to defraud one of the bank’s richest clients.
Following the investigators tracking down the criminals who steal £1.25 billion every year from the NHS - from organised crime rings to NHS staff themselves.
New Yorks Wall Street, Herz der Finanzwelt und der ganz großen Gelder. Bernd "Bernie" Madoff kennt die Spielchen aus dem Effeff, schließlich handelt er seit 1960 mit Aktien. Das Finanzgenie schneidet für sich und seine Familie ein großes Stück des Geldkuchens ab - und jongliert die Milliarden seiner Kunden. Doch Amerikas größter Betrüger aller Zeiten droht aufzufliegen. - Richard Dreyfuss als teuflischer aber irgendwie auch menschlicher Hallodri, absolut sehenswert!
Rapper and host Remy Ma profiles ordinary people who reveal how they got mixed up in criminal acts, from bank robberies to jewelry heists, and share their road to redemption in this true crime series.
John Darwin (Eddie Marsan) hat arge Geldprobleme. Um diese zu lösen, entsinnt er einen aberwitzigen Plan: er will seinen eigenen Tod vortäuschen, um das Geld seiner Lebensversicherung vorzeitig zu kassieren.
Drama series about an ex-policeman, who now uses his detective skills while working for insurance companies.
Conspiracy. Fraud. Violence. Murder. What starts out virtual can get real all too quickly — and when the web is worldwide, so are the consequences.
Eine hartnäckige Polizistin wird auf die verdächtigen Machenschaften eines angeblich allwissenden Schamanen aufmerksam.
Describes the intrigue and drama that caused a celebrity to become despised, shocked Chicago and beyond, and left a path of destroyed reputations and careers. The Osundairo brothers will provide all the details related to the false crime.
In a world where data is no longer private, con artists uncover a sinister surveillance scheme headed by the government and a greedy corporation.
Professor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.
The unbelievable true story of the larger-than-life attorney, Eric C. Conn, who defrauded the government over half a billion dollars in the largest Social Security fraud case in history.
Hailing from a long line of powerful legal figures, Alex Murdaugh along with his wife, Maggie, and sons, Buster and Paul, enjoyed unparalleled sway over authorities, until Paul’s involvement in a tragic boating accident thrust a level of scrutiny on the family’s actions and legacy, revealing a bizarre and deadly chain of events. This docuseries questions the unchecked power of privilege – and the trail of death and destruction left in one family’s wake.
A cooperative drama between a fraudster who cannot empathize and an overly sympathetic lawyer, as well as a revenge play against absolute evil.
Once a student at the Academy of Fine Arts, young artist Shen Yi had all of the skills required to become a great painter. But when an impromptu commission lands Shen Yi in the middle of a police case gone wrong, his entire life gets flipped upside down. Seven years later, Shen Yi hopes he can find a way to make amends by taking a job as the Criminal Investigation Unit’s new portraitist. As the long-time friend of the officer killed in the incident involving Shen Yi, Captain Du Cheng is anything but welcoming when Shen Yi joins the team. Laying heavy blame on the artist for the death of his friend, Du Cheng refuses to accept Shen Yi and as such, does everything he can to make his life miserable. Working together to solve cases, Du Cheng and Shen Yi find themselves becoming a formidable force. But will the combined skill of this duo be enough to solve the mystery which still surrounds the death of Du Cheng’s oldest friend?
A neuropsychologist wanted for fraud, kidnapping and murder, faces her public fall from grace and will have question marks hanging over it, whether she was the victim of a dark conspiracy or is a grave danger to the government and society.