From con artists and white-collar criminals to institutional fraud, this series tells the extraordinary and shocking stories of Ireland’s most notorious swindlers. For years they left destruction in their wake, devastating not only individual lives, but entire communities. 

Far from being the masterminds of victimless crimes, these fraudsters had cunning ways of defrauding friends, family members and institutions. As we hear from the victims, the journalists that covered the cases and the law enforcers who brought them to justice, we discover how some of their stories are stranger than fiction.

Each episode untangles a different case of deceit, dismantling the personality, methods and downfall of these notorious scammers. We’ll untangle the complex web of each con and take viewers on a unique and compelling journey that explores the personalities of these swindlers, how they perpetrated their crimes and the ingenious ways they were caught.