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Serial Swindlers

Season 1
Serial Swindlers goes inside the minds of the most convincing con-men. While their crimes and exploits are a ready-made Hollywood script, their exploits have left a trail of heartache and destruction.
201213 episodesTV-14
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  1. S1 E1 - Loizos Michaels – ‘The Phantom’
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    With smooth talk and promises of massive business deals ‘The Phantom’ has conned people out of millions. We hear from his victims and the private investigator that helped expose him.
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  2. S1 E2 - David Ocean
    December 31, 2011
    28min
    TV-14
    David Ocean is a serial con artist, who has played many ‘catch me if you can’ roles, from lothario to surgeon, leaving a trail of heartache and destruction in his wake.
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  3. S1 E3 - Giovanni de Stefano – ‘The Devil's Advocate’
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    Giovanni di Stefano attracted the attention of many criminals who were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds for a chance at a reduced sentence. But in fact, he had no legal qualifications.
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  4. S1 E4 - Chia Teck Leng
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    Nicknamed the “King of Gamblers”, Chia’s story begins with a seemingly modest family man living out a double life of flash cars, and international casinos. Eventually going on to steal $117 million.
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  5. S1 E5 - Achilleas Kallakis – From “The Don” to “His Excellency”
    December 31, 2011
    28min
    13+
    Achilleas Kallakis was known as one of the most audacious characters in the London property market. he managed to amass a £250 million fortune, repeatedly swindling some of Britain’s biggest banks.
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  6. S1 E6 - Brian Goldie
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    Brian Goldie passes himself off as a qualified former advocate in the High Courts of Scotland. But he has no legal qualifications and instead is a convicted fraudster.
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  7. S1 E7 - Michael Brown
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    Michael Brown is a convicted fraudster from Scotland. Posing as a highly successful bond dealer, claiming connections with the royal family, Brown swindled around £36m out of his victims.
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  8. S1 E8 - Edward Davenport
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    ‘Lord’ Edward Davenport a.k.a. “Fast Eddie” is a property developer and convicted fraudster. He is said to have made £34.5 million through his various frauds, with as many as 51 victims.
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  9. S1 E9 - Graham Briggs
    December 31, 2011
    28min
    TV-14
    Graham Briggs had his first taste of prison in 1995 when he was jailed for 14 months for stealing £55,000 from a London-based Japanese catering company. He then went on to commit a series of crimes.
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  10. S1 E10 - Joel Barlow – Tahitian Prince
    December 31, 2011
    28min
    13+
    Joseph Hikairo-Barlow convinced people around him that he was a Tahitian Prince with a massive fortune and connections to the British royal family. Little did they know that he was ripping them off.
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  11. S1 E11 - David Nepia Carroll
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    David Nepia Carroll was in his teens when he started stealing from his nephew’s piggy bank to more than £30,000 from his grandmother. He has now been in and out of prison 41 times.
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  12. S1 E12 - John Keady
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    13+
    For 20 years John Keady has seduced women from across Britain and Europe to America. But to dismiss this man as a serial womanizer would be a mistake; he is a callous and vicious conman.
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  13. S1 E13 - Selva Carmichael
    December 31, 2011
    29min
    TV-14
    Selva Carmichael promised to make stars out of former Big Brother contestants and millionaires out of investors. However, the show was bogus and designed to convince investors to part with their cash.
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Subtitles
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Directors
Sarah Macdonald
Producers
Sarah Macdonald
Studio
Film Ideas, Inc.
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