White Collar Gangsters

Jordan Belfort embodied American excess, using unmatched sales talent to build the myth of the Wolf of Wall Street. What the myth downplays is that his empire was built on massive, systematic fraud.

Margaret McDonald captivated the media as a polished, tech-savvy entrepreneur of prostitution. Dubbed a modern-day Madame Claude, she allegedly ran a multinational escort network of over 400 women.

Born Kim Schmitz, a German hacker from a modest background, Kim Dotcom reinvented himself through the early, loosely regulated internet. From insecurity and obscurity, he crafted a flamboyant public persona and vast digital empire.

Rudy Kurniawan appeared from nowhere to infiltrate the elite wine world. Using deception and deep knowledge, he fooled collectors and experts alike while orchestrating one of the biggest wine frauds in history.

Arjan Roskam is a globe-trotting cannabis obsessive who documents his search for the world's best strains. His strain-hunting lifestyle blurs the line between exploration, spectacle, and drug trafficking.

Wolfgang Beltracchi forged dozens of paintings attributed to masters like Max Ernst and Fernand Léger, selling them worldwide. His fraud earned at least 35 million Euros before the courts exposed his masterpieces as forgeries.