Calling himself 'the Phantom,' Michaels is a brazen, deluded swindler. His deceptions began when courting his wife, falsely claiming he was a millionaire's heir. That fortune never materialized, nor did the many fake investments he convinced his high-profile victims to buy into, leaving a trail o...

Achilleas Kallakis, from a modest Merseyside family, became a notoriously audacious London property figure. He swindled some of Britain's biggest banks, amassing a fraudulent fortune of £250 million through repeated and elaborate deceptions.

Lord Edward "Fast Eddie" Davenport is a convicted fraudster and property developer. He first gained notoriety in the late 1980s for organizing the exclusive "Gatecrasher Balls" for wealthy London teens. Following a 1990 tax fraud conviction, he pivoted to a second career in property development.

Serial swindler Joseph Hikairo-Barlow conned those around him into believing he was a wealthy Tahitian prince with royal ties. In reality, he was an accountant at Queensland Health, funding his lavish life through an elaborate fraud that stole millions from taxpayers.

This serial swindler is Singapore's biggest commercial fraudster, having stolen S$117 million from banks. His case rocked the nation, exposing the dark truth of what a gambling obsession can drive a man to do.

David Carroll is one of New Zealand's most prolific criminals. He has amassed over 130 convictions for dishonesty and has been in and out of prison 41 times.

Born David Douglas, this serial swindler legally changed his name to David Ocean. A real-life "Catch Me If You Can" con artist, he has fraudulently posed as everything from a surgeon to a lothario, leaving a devastating trail of heartache and financial ruin behind him.

Brian Goldie, a Scotsman with a criminal past, is now in Thailand posing as a qualified ex-advocate from Scotland's High Courts. He is illegally taking money from ex-pats to represent them in Thai courts. Serial Swindlers can exclusively reveal Goldie has no legal qualifications and is, in fact, ...

For over a decade, Giovanni di Stefano was “The Devil’s Advocate,” representing notorious clients like Saddam Hussein, Gary Glitter, and Slobodan Milosevic. His high-profile work attracted criminals and families globally, who paid hundreds of thousands for a chance at reduced sentences.

Convicted Scottish fraudster Michael Brown swindled £36m, posing as a royal-connected bond dealer. His notoriety peaked with a record £2.4m donation to the Liberal Democrats before the 2005 election. Despite being a non-voter living abroad, he was warmly embraced by senior figures like leader Cha...

Media mogul Selva Carmichael promised to make stars of Big Brother's Lisa Appleton and Mario Maconi, and millionaires of investors in a fly-on-the-wall documentary. But the Bistrol conman's show was entirely bogus. The poorly edited footage that surfaced was a mere accessory, a fabricated "work-i...

For 20 years, John Keady seduced women across continents. But he is no mere womanizer; he is a vicious conman who swindled nearly £1 million from his lovers. His first victim? His own adoptive mother, who lost £35,000 when he fabricated credit cards in her name. She forgave him.

Jailed in 1995 for stealing £55,000, Graham Briggs was a serial swindler for whom this 14-month sentence was merely the start of his extensive criminal career.