
Unearths the human truths behind some of the most extraordinary cases in con artistry.
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.
Matthew Cox is a former mortgage broker from Florida who found himself on the Secret Service's most wanted list; he made millions falsifying homeownership and mortgage documents for five times the properties' actual worth.
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.
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-90s.